Tex. Transp. Code § 545.458 · Subchapter J. OPERATION OF AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLES
APPLICABILITY OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS TO AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 644.001.
(b) An automated motor vehicle that is a commercial motor vehicle shall operate in accordance with Subtitle F and any other applicable laws or regulations of this state or a political subdivision of this state governing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, except that any provision of a commercial motor vehicle law that by its nature reasonably applies only to a human driver does not apply to an automated motor vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged.
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1034 (S.B. 2807), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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