Tex. Transp. Code § 551A.072 · Subchapter E. EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
SAFETY APPAREL REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not operate, ride, or be carried on an off-highway vehicle on public off-highway vehicle land, a beach, or a highway unless the person wears:
(1) a safety helmet that complies with United States Department of Transportation standards;
(2) eye protection; and
(3) seat belts, if the vehicle is equipped with seat belts.
(b) Subsections (a)(1) and (2) do not apply to a motor vehicle that has four wheels, is equipped with bench or bucket seats and seat belts, and includes a roll bar or roll cage construction to reduce the risk of injury to an occupant of the vehicle in case of vehicle rollover.
(c) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle that is in the process of being loaded into or unloaded from a trailer or another vehicle used to transport the vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 895 (H.B. 1044), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 1956), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2017.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 663.034 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 36, eff. June 14, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.551A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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