82R5770 NAJ-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 1330
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of safety guards or flaps on certain vehicles or
vehicle combinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 547.606, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in
combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with
a towing vehicle that has at least four tires or at least two super
single tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or the rearmost
vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or
flaps that:
(1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and
(2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost
wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination
within eight inches of the surface of the highway.
(c) In this section, "super single tire" means a wide-base,
single tire that may be used in place of two standard tires on the
same axle.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.