Tex. Transp. Code § 647.004 · Chapter 647. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION OF MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A carrier shall comply with the requirements and specifications of this chapter.
(b) An officer, agent, representative, or employee of a carrier who operates a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers or who hires, supervises, trains, assigns, or dispatches operators of those motor vehicles shall comply with the requirements of Sections 647.006, 647.007, and 647.008.
(c) An officer, agent, representative, operator, or employee of a carrier who is directly involved in the management, maintenance, or operation of a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers shall comply with the requirements of Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017. The carrier shall instruct its officers, agents, representatives, and operators with the requirements of those sections and shall take necessary measures to ensure compliance with those requirements.
(d) An officer, agent, representative, operator, or employee of a carrier who is directly involved with the installation or maintenance of equipment and accessories of a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers shall comply with the requirements and specifications of Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016. A carrier may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers or cause or permit the vehicle to be operated unless the vehicle is equipped as required by those sections.
(e) A carrier shall systematically inspect and maintain each motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers and their accessories subject to its control to ensure that the vehicle and its accessories are in safe and proper operating condition.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.34(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.003TYPE OF VEHICLE ALLOWED.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.005OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.006OPERATOR AGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 647.006, 647.007, and 647.008
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.007OPERATOR PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 647.006, 647.007, and 647.008
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.008PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT.Printed as Sections 647.006, 647.007, and 647.008
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.009LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.010REQUIRED STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.011FUEL RESTRICTIONS.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.012REQUIRED VEHICLE EQUIPMENT; USE OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017 | Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.013PASSENGER SAFETY PROVISIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLE OTHER THAN BUS.Printed as Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.014PASSENGER SEATING.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017 | Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.015PASSENGER SEATING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN TRIPS.Printed as Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.016PASSENGER PROTECTION FROM WEATHER.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017 | Sections 647.012, 647.013, 647.014, 647.015, and 647.016
- Tex. Transp. Code § 647.017OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Sections 647.003, 647.005, 647.009, 647.010, 647.011, 647.012, 647.014, 647.016, and 647.017
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