Tex. Transp. Code § 545.426 · Subchapter I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES
OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not operate a school bus if:
(1) the door of the school bus is open; or
(2) the number of passengers on the bus is greater than the manufacturer's design capacity for the bus.
(b) An operator of a school bus, while operating the bus, shall prohibit a passenger from:
(1) standing in the bus; or
(2) sitting:
(A) on the floor of the bus; or
(B) in any location on the bus that is not designed as a seat.
(c) The department may adopt rules necessary to administer and enforce this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 3190), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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