Tex. Transp. Code § 24.022 · Subchapter C. USE OF PUBLIC ROADS BY AIRCRAFT
USE OF AIRCRAFT ON COUNTY ROADS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A commissioners court of a county may enact ordinances to ensure the safe use of county roads by aircraft. An ordinance may:
(1) limit the kinds of aircraft that may use the roads;
(2) establish the procedure that a pilot shall follow before using a road, including requiring the pilot to furnish persons with flags at both ends of the road to be used; or
(3) establish other requirements considered necessary for the safe use of the roads by aircraft.
(b) A pilot who follows the ordinances adopted under Subsection (a):
(1) may land or take off in the aircraft on a county road; and
(2) is not subject to the traffic laws of this state during the landing or takeoff.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.24.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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