Tex. Transp. Code § 547.7011 · Subchapter L. ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL BUSES, AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES, AND SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR OTHER BUSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A bus, other than a school bus, that provides public transportation and that was acquired on or after September 1, 1997, shall be equipped with two or more hazard lamps that:
(1) are mounted at the same level on the rear of the bus;
(2) are visible at a distance of 500 feet in normal sunlight;
(3) flash; and
(4) emit amber light.
(b) An operator of a bus to which this section applies shall activate the hazard lamps if the bus stops to load or unload a person under 18 years of age.
(c) A bus to which this section applies must bear a sign on the rear of the bus stating: "Caution--children may be exiting".
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1131, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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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