Tex. Transp. Code § 547.608 · Subchapter K. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OTHER VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
SAFETY GLAZING MATERIAL REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who sells or registers a new passenger-type motor vehicle, including a passenger bus and school bus, shall equip the vehicle doors, windows, and windshield with safety glazing material of a type approved by the department.
(b) The requirements of Subsection (a) do not apply to a glazing material in a compartment of a truck, including a truck-tractor, that is not designed and equipped for a person to ride in.
(c) A person may not replace or require the replacement of glass in a door, window, or windshield of any motor vehicle if the replacement is not made with safety glazing material.
(d) A person who sells or attaches to a motor vehicle a camper manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1972, shall equip the camper doors and windows with safety glazing material of a type approved by the department. In this subsection "camper" means a structure designed to:
(1) be loaded on or attached to a motor vehicle; and
(2) provide temporary living quarters for recreation, travel, or other use.
(e) A person who sells imperfect safety glass for a door, window, or windshield of a motor vehicle shall:
(1) label the glass "second," "imperfect," or by a similar term in red letters at least one inch in size to indicate to the consumer the quality of the glass;
(2) orally notify the consumer of each imperfection and the possible result of using imperfect glass; and
(3) deliver written notice at the time of purchase notifying the consumer of each imperfection and the possible result of using imperfect glass.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm
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