Section 623.008 - Authority to Require Escort Flag Vehicles and Escort Flaggers(a) In this section: (1) "Escort flag vehicle" means a vehicle that precedes or follows an oversize or overweight vehicle operating under a permit issued by the department for the purpose of facilitating the safe movement of the oversize or overweight vehicle over roads.(2) "Escort flagger" means a person who: (A) has successfully completed a training program in traffic direction as defined by the basic peace officer course curriculum established by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and(B) in accordance with a permit issued by the department under this subtitle, operates an escort flag vehicle or directs and controls the flow of traffic using a hand signaling device or an automated flagger assistance device.(b) In addition to any other specific requirement under this subtitle, the department may require a person operating under a permit issued by the department under this subtitle to use one or more escort flag vehicles and escort flaggers if required: (1) by the Texas Department of Transportation; or(2) for the safe movement over roads of an oversize or overweight vehicle and its load.Tex. Transp. Code § 623.008
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129 (H.B. 2620), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.