Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 622.051 - Length Limitation; Fee(a) A person may operate over a highway or road of this state a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is used exclusively for transporting poles required for the maintenance of electric power transmission and distribution lines if: (1) the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, is not longer than 75 feet, including the load; and(2) the operator of the vehicle, or combination of vehicles, pays to the department $120 each calendar year.(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a truck-tractor or truck-tractor combination transporting poles for the maintenance of electric power transmission or distribution lines.Tex. Transp. Code § 622.051
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 941, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.