Tex. Transp. Code § 551A.058 · Subchapter D. OPERATION ON HIGHWAY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A peace officer or other person who provides law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services, including a volunteer firefighter, may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle on a highway that is not an interstate or limited-access highway if:
(1) the transportation is in connection with the performance of the operator's official duty;
(2) the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle a triangular orange flag that is at least six feet above ground level;
(3) the vehicle's headlights and taillights are illuminated; and
(4) the operation of the vehicle does not exceed a distance of 10 miles from the point of origin to the destination.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 551A.052, an off-highway vehicle operated under this section is not required to display a license plate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Reenacted, transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 663.037(g) by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 32, eff. June 14, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.551A.htm
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