Tex. Transp. Code § 621.2061 · Subchapter C. SIZE LIMITATIONS
EXCEPTION TO MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF LOAD: CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding Section 621.206, a trailer may carry a load that extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the trailer if the load consists of a motor vehicle that:
(1) is designed and intended to be carried at the rear of the trailer;
(2) is used or intended to be used to load or unload a commodity on or off the trailer;
(3) does not extend more than seven feet beyond the rear of the trailer; and
(4) complies with each applicable federal motor carrier safety regulation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.621.htm
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