Texas Transportation Code

§ 621.2061 — EXCEPTION TO MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF LOAD: CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES

TN § 621.2061Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part E. VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT · Ch. 621. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT · Art. C. SIZE LIMITATIONS

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Notwithstanding Section 621.206, a trailer may carry a load that extends more than four feet beyond the rear of the trailer if the load consists of a motor vehicle that:

(1)is designed and intended to be carried at the rear of the trailer;

(2)is used or intended to be used to load or unload a commodity on or off the trailer;

(3)does not extend more than seven feet beyond the rear of the trailer; and

(4)complies with each applicable federal motor carrier safety regulation.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 25, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.