Texas Transportation Code

§ 547.612 — RESTRICTIONS ON USE AND SALE OF TIRES

TN § 547.612Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT · Art. K. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OTHER VEHICLE EQUIPMENT

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(a)A solid rubber tire used on a vehicle must have rubber on the traction surface that extends above the edge of the flange of the periphery.

(b)A person may not operate or move a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that has a metal tire in contact with the roadway, unless:

(1)the vehicle is a farm wagon or farm trailer that has a gross weight of less than 5,000 pounds; and

(2)the owner is transporting farm products to market, for processing, or from farm to farm.

(c)A tire used on a moving vehicle may not have on its periphery a block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or other protuberance of a material other than rubber that projects beyond the tread of the traction surface, unless the protuberance:

(1)does not injure the highway; or

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.