Sec. 551A.058. LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATION. (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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle C - Rules of the Road
Chapter 551A - Off-Highway Vehicles
Subchapter D. Operation on Highway
Section 551A.051. Applicability
Section 551A.052. Registration; License Plates
Section 551A.053. Operation on Highway Authorized by Municipality or Certain Counties
Section 551A.054. Prohibition of Operation in Certain Areas by Municipality, County, or Department
Section 551A.055. Operation Authorized in Certain Areas
Section 551A.056. Crossing Intersections
Section 551A.057. Agricultural or Utility Operation on Highway