SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 622.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation Commission. (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165,...
SUBCHAPTER B VEHICLES TRANSPORTING READY-MIXED CONCRETE
- Texas Section 622.002 - Rulemaking Authority
The board of the department may adopt rules necessary to implement and enforce this chapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B....
- Texas Section 622.011 - Definition; Designation As Perishable
(a) In this subchapter, "ready-mixed concrete truck" means: (1) a vehicle designed exclusively to transport or manufacture ready-mixed concrete and includes a vehicle designed exclusively...
- Texas Section 622.012 - Axle Weight Restrictions
(a) A ready-mixed concrete truck may be operated on a public highway of this state only if the tandem axle weight is not heavier than...
- Texas Section 622.014 - Local Regulation
(a) The governing body of a county or municipality that determines a public highway under its jurisdiction is insufficient to carry a load authorized by...
- Texas Section 622.015 - Local Surety Bond
The governing body of a county or municipality may require the owner of a ready-mixed concrete truck to file a surety bond in an amount...
SUBCHAPTER C VEHICLES TRANSPORTING MILK
- Texas Section 622.016 - Interstate And Defense Highways
(a) This subchapter does not authorize the operation on the national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of a vehicle of a...
- Texas Section 622.031 - Length And Axle Weight Restrictions
A vehicle used exclusively to transport milk may be operated on a public highway of this state only if: (1) the distance between the front...
SUBCHAPTER D VEHICLES TRANSPORTING TIMBER OR TIMBER PRODUCTS
- Texas Section 622.032 - Interstate And Defense Highways
(a) This subchapter does not authorize the operation on the national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of a vehicle of a...
- Texas Section 622.041 - Length Limitation
(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively for transporting...
- Texas Section 622.042 - Time Of Operation; Display Of Flag, Cloth, Or Strobe Light
(a) A vehicle subject to this subchapter may be operated only during daytime. (b) In this section, "daytime" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.401....
- Texas Section 622.043 - Conformity With General Provisions Relating To Vehicle Size And Weight
The width, height, and gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles subject to this subchapter shall conform to Chapter 621. Acts 1995, 74th...
- Texas Section 622.0435 - Vehicles Transporting Raw Wood Products
(a) The width, height, and gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles subject to this subchapter that is transporting raw wood products shall...
- Texas Section 622.044 - Extension Of Load Beyond Rear Of Vehicle
Section 621.206(a) does not apply to a vehicle to which this subchapter applies to the extent that section prescribes a limit on the extension of...
SUBCHAPTER E VEHICLES TRANSPORTING ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION POLES
- Texas Section 622.045 - Interstate And Defense Highways
(a) This subchapter does not authorize the operation on the national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of a vehicle of a...
- Texas Section 622.051 - Length Limitation; Fee
(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively for transporting...
- Texas Section 622.052 - Time Of Operation; Speed; Lighting Requirements
(a) A vehicle to which this subchapter applies may be operated only: (1) between sunrise and sunset as defined by law; and (2) at a...
SUBCHAPTER F VEHICLES TRANSPORTING POLES OR PIPE
- Texas Section 622.053 - Conformity With General Provisions Relating To Vehicle Size And Weight
The width, height, and gross weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles to which this subchapter applies shall conform to Chapter 621. Acts 1995,...
- Texas Section 622.061 - Length Limitation
(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles exclusively for the transportation of poles...
- Texas Section 622.062 - Time Of Operation; Lighting Requirements
(a) A vehicle to which this subchapter applies may be operated only during daytime. (b) A vehicle to which this subchapter applies shall display on...
SUBCHAPTER G SPECIAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT
- Texas Section 622.063 - Conformity With General Provisions Relating To Vehicle Size And Weight
A vehicle or combination of vehicles to which this subchapter applies shall conform to the length, width, height, and weight requirements of Chapter 621. Acts...
- Texas Section 622.071 - Definition
In this subchapter, "special mobile equipment" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 622.072 - Identification Markings On Special Mobile Equipment; Offense
(a) Before the 31st day after the date a person becomes the owner of a unit of special mobile equipment, the person shall mark in...
- Texas Section 622.073 - Transportation Of Special Mobile Equipment; Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person transports on a public road or highway a unit of special mobile equipment that is not...
- Texas Section 622.074 - Nonapplicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter does not apply to: (1) farm equipment used for a purpose other than construction; (2) special mobile equipment owned by a dealer or...
SUBCHAPTER J CERTAIN VEHICLES TRANSPORTING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
- Texas Section 622.101 - Vehicle Transporting Certain Agricultural Products Or Processing Equipment
(a) A single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport chile pepper modules, seed cotton, cotton, cotton burrs, or equipment used to transport or process chile...
- Texas Section 622.131 - Definition
In this subchapter, "recyclable material" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.421, Health and Safety Code. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec....
- Texas Section 622.132 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies only to a vehicle other than a tractor-trailer combination, only if equipped with a container roll-off unit or a front-end loader. Added...
- Texas Section 622.133 - Axle Weight Restrictions
A single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport recyclable materials may be operated on a public highway only if the tandem axle weight is not...
- Texas Section 622.134 - Surety Bond
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the owner of a vehicle covered by this subchapter with a tandem axle weight heavier than 34,000 pounds...
- Texas Section 622.135 - Interstate And Defense Highways
(a) This subchapter does not authorize the operation on the national system of interstate and defense highways in this state of a vehicle of a...
- Texas Section 622.136 - Penalty
A person commits an offense if the person fails in violation of Section 622.134(d) to carry or present the copy of the bond filed with...
SUBCHAPTER Y MISCELLANEOUS SIZE EXCEPTIONS
- Texas Section 622.137 - Defense To Prosecution: Bond In Effect
(a) It is a defense to prosecution under Section 622.136 that the person charged produces a surety bond that complies with Section 622.134 that was...
- Texas Section 622.901 - Width Exceptions
(a) In this section, "farm tractor" and "implement of husbandry" have the meanings assigned by Section 541.201. (b) The width limitation provided by Section 621.201...
- Texas Section 622.902 - Length Exceptions
The length limitations provided by Sections 621.203 to 621.205 do not apply to: (1) machinery used exclusively for drilling water wells, including machinery that is...
SUBCHAPTER Z MISCELLANEOUS WEIGHT EXCEPTIONS
- Texas Section 622.903 - Width Limitation On Certain Recreational Vehicles
(a) In this section: (1) "Appurtenance" includes an awning, a grab handle, lighting equipment, or a vent. The term does not include a load-carrying device....
- Texas Section 622.952 - Fire Department Vehicle
(a) The weight limitations of Section 621.101 do not apply to a vehicle owned or operated by a public, private, or volunteer fire department. (b)...
- Texas Section 622.953 - Vehicle Transporting Seed Cotton Or Chile Pepper Modules
(a) The weight limitations of Section 621.101 do not apply to a single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport chile pepper modules, seed cotton, or...
- Texas Section 622.954 - Tow Trucks
(a) A permit is not required to exceed the weight limitations of Section 621.101 by a combination of a tow truck and another vehicle or...
- Texas Section 622.955 - Increase Of Maximum Weight For Vehicles With Idle Reduction Systems
(a) For purposes of this section, "idle reduction system" means a system that provides heating, cooling, or electrical service to a commercial vehicle's sleeper berth...