Tex. Transp. Code § 647.007 · Chapter 647. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION OF MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
OPERATOR PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not operate a motor vehicle transporting migrant agricultural workers and a carrier may not permit or require a person to operate the motor vehicle if the person:
(1) is missing a foot, leg, hand, or arm;
(2) has a mental, nervous, organic, or functional disorder that is likely to interfere with the person's ability to safely operate the motor vehicle;
(3) is missing fingers, has impaired use of a foot, leg, finger, hand, or arm, or has another structural defect or limitation likely to interfere with the person's ability to safely operate the motor vehicle;
(4) has a visual acuity of less than 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye either without glasses or with corrective lenses;
(5) has a form field of vision in the horizontal median of less than a total of 140 degrees;
(6) cannot distinguish the colors red, green, and yellow;
(7) has hearing ability of less than 10/20 in the better ear for conversational tones without the use of a hearing aid; or
(8) is addicted to alcohol, narcotics, or habit-forming drugs.
(b) An operator who requires corrective lenses for vision shall use properly prescribed corrective lenses when operating the motor vehicle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.34(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.647.htm
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