Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 202.001 · Chapter 202. SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITH STOPLAMP COVERINGS
SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE WITH CERTAIN STOPLAMP COVERING PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201, Transportation Code.
(b) A person in the business of selling motor vehicles may not sell a motor vehicle with a transparent or semitransparent covering:
(1) placed over a stoplamp that is mounted on the rear center line of the vehicle either in or on the rear window or within six inches from the rear window of the vehicle for the purpose of emitting light when the vehicle's brakes are applied; and
(2) on which is impressed or imprinted a name, trade name, logotype, or other message that a person behind the vehicle can read when the stoplamp is illuminated.
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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