Tex. Transp. Code § 643.1015 · Subchapter C. INSURANCE
AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a school bus that:
(1) is owned by a motor carrier required to be registered under Subchapter B;
(2) is in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 548; and
(3) is operated exclusively within the boundaries of a municipality by a person who:
(A) holds a driver's license or commercial driver's license of the appropriate class required for the operation of the school bus; and
(B) meets the requirements of Section 521.022.
(b) The owner of a school bus shall maintain liability insurance in the amount of at least $500,000 combined single limit.
(c) In this section, "school bus" means a motor vehicle that is operated by a motor carrier and used to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary school students on a route between the students' residences and a public, private, or parochial school or day-care facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 144 (H.B. 1018), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.643.htm
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