Tex. Transp. Code § 622.051 · Subchapter E. VEHICLES TRANSPORTING ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION POLES
LENGTH LIMITATION; FEE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively for transporting poles required for the maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution lines if:
(1) the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, is not longer than 75 feet, including the load; and
(2) the operator of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, pays to the department $120 each calendar year.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a truck-tractor or truck-tractor combination transporting poles for the maintenance of electric power transmission or distribution lines.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 941, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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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.622.htm
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