Tex. Transp. Code § 547.304 · Subchapter D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
APPLICABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with fixed electric lights does not apply to a farm trailer or fertilizer trailer registered under Section 502.146 or a boat trailer with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less if the trailer is not operated at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).
(b) Except for Sections 547.323 and 547.324, a provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with fixed electric lights does not apply to a boat trailer with a gross weight of less than 4,500 pounds if the trailer is not operated at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).
(c) Except for Sections 547.323 and 547.324, a provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with lamps, reflectors, and lighting equipment does not apply to a mobile home if the mobile home:
(1) is moved under a permit issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Subchapter D, Chapter 623; and
(2) is not moved at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).
(d) A mobile home lighted as provided by this section may be moved only during daytime.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 280 (H.B. 505), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 96, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 20.021, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 502.146CERTAIN FARM VEHICLES AND DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.Printed as Section 502.146
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.302DUTY TO DISPLAY LIGHTS.Printed as Section 547.302(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.323STOPLAMPS REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 547.323 and 547.324
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.324TURN SIGNAL LAMPS REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 547.323 and 547.324
- Tex. Transp. Code ch. 623, subch. DHEAVY EQUIPMENTPrinted as Subchapter D, Chapter 623
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