Tex. Transp. Code § 552A.0101 · Subchapter B. MOBILITY DEVICES
OPERATORS OF CERTAIN MOBILITY DEVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "motorized mobility device" means a device designed for transportation of persons with physical disabilities that:
(1) has three or more wheels;
(2) is propelled by a battery-powered motor;
(3) has not more than one forward gear; and
(4) is not capable of speeds exceeding eight miles per hour.
(b) For the purposes of this subtitle, a person operating a nonmotorized wheelchair or motorized mobility device is considered to be a pedestrian.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 497, Sec. 2, eff. June 11, 2001. Renumbered from Transportation Code Sec. 542.008 by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1275, Sec. 2(135), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Transferred and redesignated from Transportation Code, Section 542.009 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 612 (S.B. 969), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.552A.htm
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