Tex. Transp. Code § 551.453 · Subchapter G. PACKAGE DELIVERY VEHICLES
LIMITED OPERATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A motor carrier may operate, for the purpose of picking up or delivering mail, parcels, or packages, a vehicle bearing license plates issued under Section 551.452 on a public highway that is not an interstate or a limited-access or controlled-access highway and that has a speed limit of not more than 35 miles per hour.
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles may not require the registration of a vehicle operated under Subsection (a) unless the registration is required by other law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 119 (H.B. 561), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2017.
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