Texas Transportation Code

§ 551A.058 — LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION

TN § 551A.058Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 551A. OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLES · Art. D. OPERATION ON HIGHWAY

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(a)A peace officer or other person who provides law enforcement, firefighting, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services, including a volunteer firefighter, may operate an unregistered off-highway vehicle on a highway that is not an interstate or limited-access highway if:

(1)the transportation is in connection with the performance of the operator's official duty;

(2)the operator attaches to the back of the vehicle a triangular orange flag that is at least six feet above ground level;

(3)the vehicle's headlights and taillights are illuminated; and

(4)the operation of the vehicle does not exceed a distance of 10 miles from the point of origin to the destination.

(b)Notwithstanding Section 551A.052, an off-highway vehicle operated under this section is not required to display a license plate. Reenacted, transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 663.037(g) by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1233 (H.B. 1548), Sec. 32, eff. June 14, 2019.