Tex. Transp. Code § 647.011 · Chapter 647. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION OF MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
FUEL RESTRICTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An operator or carrier employee fueling a motor vehicle used to transport migrant agricultural workers may not:
(1) fuel the motor vehicle while the engine is running unless running the engine is required to fuel the vehicle;
(2) smoke or expose any open flame in the vicinity of the motor vehicle;
(3) fuel the motor vehicle when the nozzle of the fuel hose is not in continuous contact with the intake pipe of the fuel tank; or
(4) permit any other person to engage in an activity that would likely result in a fire or explosion.
(b) A person may carry fuel on the motor vehicle for use in the motor vehicle or an accessory only in a properly mounted fuel tank.
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
- Edition
- 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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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