Tex. Transp. Code § 547.333 · Subchapter E. GENERAL LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS FOR VEHICLES
MULTIPLE-BEAM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless provided otherwise, a headlamp, auxiliary driving lamp, auxiliary passing lamp, or combination of those lamps mounted on a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle or moped:
(1) shall be arranged so that the operator can select at will between distributions of light projected at different elevations; and
(2) may be arranged so that the operator can select the distribution automatically.
(b) A lamp identified by Subsection (a) shall produce:
(1) an uppermost distribution of light or composite beam that is aimed and emits light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least 450 feet ahead during all conditions of loading; and
(2) a lowermost distribution of light or composite beam that:
(A) is aimed and emits light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least 150 feet ahead; and
(B) is aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam on a vehicle that is operated on a straight, level road under any condition of loading projects into the eyes of an approaching vehicle operator.
(c) A person who operates a vehicle on a roadway or shoulder shall select a distribution of light or composite beam that is aimed and emits light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a safe distance ahead of the vehicle, except that:
(1) an operator approaching an oncoming vehicle within 500 feet shall select:
(A) the lowermost distribution of light or composite beam, regardless of road contour or condition of loading; or
(B) a distribution aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the lamp projects into the eyes of an approaching vehicle operator; and
(2) an operator approaching a vehicle from the rear within 300 feet may not select the uppermost distribution of light.
(d) A motor vehicle of a model year of 1948 or later, other than a motorcycle or moped, that has multiple-beam lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator that is:
(1) designed and located so that the lighted indicator is visible without glare to the vehicle operator; and
(2) lighted only when the uppermost distribution of light is in use.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 3171), Sec. 2.10, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 547.333. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.328FOG LAMPS PERMITTED.Printed as Section 547.333
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.329AUXILIARY PASSING LAMPS PERMITTED.Printed as Section 547.333
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.330AUXILIARY DRIVING LAMPS PERMITTED.Printed as Section 547.333
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.334SINGLE-BEAM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PERMITTED.Printed as Section 547.333
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.371GENERAL LIGHTING EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 547.333, 547.334, or 547.335
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