Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 548.408. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION. (a) A person dissatisfied with the final decision of the director may appeal the decision by filing a petition as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 2001, Government Code. (b) The district or county attorney or the attorney g…

Sec. 548.410. EXPIRATION OF CERTIFICATE. A certificate issued to an inspector or an inspection station under this subchapter expires as determined by the department under Section 411.511, Government Code, but not later than the second anniversary of the date the certificate is is…

Sec. 548.504. INSPECTION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) The fee for inspection of a commercial motor vehicle under the program established under Section 548.201 is $50. (b) Out of each fee for inspection of a commercial motor vehicle, $10 shall be remitted to the state under Se…

Sec. 548.505. EMISSIONS-RELATED INSPECTION FEE. (a) The department by rule may impose an inspection fee for a vehicle inspected under Section 548.301(a) in addition to a fee adopted under Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code. A fee imposed under this subsection must be based o…

Sec. 548.5055. TEXAS EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN FEE. (a) In addition to other fees required by this subchapter, to fund the Texas emissions reduction plan established under Chapter 386, Health and Safety Code, the department shall collect for every commercial motor vehicle required…

Sec. 548.506. FEE FOR CERTIFICATION AS INSPECTOR. (a) The commission by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees for certification as an inspector. (b) The fees established under this section may not be less than an amount equal to: (1) $25 for initial certification unt…

Sec. 548.507. FEE FOR CERTIFICATION AS INSPECTION STATION. (a) The commission by rule shall establish reasonable and necessary fees for certification as an inspection station. (b) The fees established under this section may not be less than: (1) except as provided by Subdivision …

Sec. 548.508. DISPOSITION OF FEES. Except as provided by Sections 382.0622 and 382.202, Health and Safety Code, and Sections 548.5055 and 548.510 of this code, each fee remitted to the comptroller under this subchapter shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund. …

Sec. 548.509. COLLECTION OF FEE DURING REGISTRATION. (a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles or a county assessor-collector that registers a motor vehicle that is subject to an inspection fee under this chapter or Section 382.202, Health and Safety Code, or a replacement fee u…

Sec. 548.510. INSPECTION PROGRAM REPLACEMENT FEE. (a) In addition to other fees imposed at the time of registration, at the time of application for initial registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home, the applican…

Sec. 548.511. VEHICLES NOT SUBJECT TO INSPECTION PROGRAM REPLACEMENT FEE. Section 548.510 does not apply to: (1) a vehicle that is being registered under the International Registration Plan as authorized by Section 502.091; (2) a token trailer that is being registered under Secti…

Sec. 548.601. OFFENSE GENERALLY. (a) A person, including an inspector or an inspection station, commits an offense if the person: (1) submits information to the department's inspection database or issues a vehicle inspection report with knowledge that the submission or issuance i…

Sec. 548.6015. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) An inspection station that violates a provision of this chapter relating to an emissions inspection under Subchapter F is liable for a civil penalty of not less than $250 or more than $500 for each violation. The district or county attorney for…

Sec. 548.603. FICTITIOUS OR COUNTERFEIT INSPECTION CERTIFICATE OR INSURANCE DOCUMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) presents to an official of this state or a political subdivision of this state a vehicle inspection report or insurance document knowing that t…

Sec. 548.6035. FRAUDULENT EMISSIONS INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE. (a) A person commits an offense if, in connection with a required emissions inspection of a motor vehicle, the person knowingly: (1) submits information to the department's inspection database stating that a vehicle…

Sec. 548.6036. ACTIONS OF EMPLOYEE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an inspection station is not subject to an administrative or civil penalty or criminal prosecution under this subchapter for an act of an employee of the inspection station if the inspection station req…

Sec. 548.604. PENALTY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person operates or moves a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, or mobile home, or a combination of those vehicles, that is equipped in violation of this chapter or a rule adopted u…

Sec. 548.605. OPERATING A VEHICLE WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS AS CERTIFIED; OFFENSE; DISMISSAL OF CHARGE. (a) In this section, "working day" means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday on which county offices are closed. (b) A person commits an …

Sec. 550.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to: (1) a road owned and controlled by a water control and improvement district; (2) a private access way or parking area provided for a client or patron by a business, other than a private residential property, or…

Sec. 550.021. COLLISION INVOLVING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH. (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in a collision that results or is reasonably likely to result in injury to or death of a person shall: (1) immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of the collision or as close to …

Sec. 550.022. COLLISION INVOLVING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the operator of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting only in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall: (1) immediately stop the vehicle at the scene of th…

Sec. 550.023. DUTY TO GIVE INFORMATION AND RENDER AID. The operator of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in the injury or death of a person or damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by a person shall: (1) give the operator's name and address, the registration nu…

Sec. 550.024. DUTY ON STRIKING UNATTENDED VEHICLE. (a) The operator of a vehicle that collides with and damages an unattended vehicle shall immediately stop and: (1) locate the operator or owner of the unattended vehicle and give that person the name and address of the operator a…

Sec. 550.025. DUTY ON STRIKING STRUCTURE, FIXTURE, OR HIGHWAY LANDSCAPING. (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting only in damage to a structure adjacent to a highway or a fixture or landscaping legally on or adjacent to a highway shall: (1) take reasonabl…

Sec. 550.026. IMMEDIATE REPORT OF COLLISION. (a) The operator of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a vehicle to the extent that it cannot be normally and safely driven shall immediately by the quickest means of communicatio…

Sec. 550.041. INVESTIGATION BY PEACE OFFICER. (a) A peace officer who is notified of a motor vehicle collision resulting in injury to or death of a person or property damage to an apparent extent of at least $1,000 may investigate the collision and file justifiable charges relati…

Sec. 550.0601. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1407 (S.B. 766), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.

Sec. 550.062. OFFICER'S COLLISION REPORT. (a) A law enforcement officer who in the regular course of duty investigates a motor vehicle collision shall make a written report of the collision if the collision resulted in injury to or the death of a person or damage to the property …

Sec. 550.063. REPORT ON APPROPRIATE FORM. The form of all written collision reports must be approved by the department and the Department of Public Safety. A person who is required to file a written collision report shall report on the appropriate form and shall disclose all info…

Sec. 550.064. COLLISION REPORT FORMS. (a) The department shall prepare and when requested supply to police departments, coroners, sheriffs, garages, and other suitable agencies or individuals the collision report forms appropriate for the persons required to make a report and app…

Sec. 550.065. RELEASE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO COLLISIONS. (a) This section applies only to the following information that is held by the department or another governmental entity: (1) a written report of a collision required under: (A) Section 550.062; or (B) former Se…

Sec. 550.066. ADMISSIBILITY OF CERTAIN COLLISION REPORT INFORMATION. An individual's response to the information requested on a collision report form as provided by Section 550.064(b)(4) is not admissible evidence in a civil trial. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept…

Sec. 550.067. MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE COLLISION REPORTS. (a) A municipality by ordinance may require the operator of a vehicle involved in a collision to file with a designated municipal department: (1) a report of the collision, if the collision results in injury to or th…

Sec. 550.068. CHANGING COLLISION REPORT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a change in or a modification of a written report of a motor vehicle collision prepared by a peace officer that alters a material fact in the report may be made only by the peace officer who prepar…

Sec. 550.081. REPORT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. (a) In this section: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation. (2) "Bridge collapse" means the abrupt failure of the basic structure of a bridge that impairs the ability of the bridge to serve …

Sec. 551.001. APPLICABILITY. Unless specifically provided otherwise, a provision of this chapter that applies to a person operating a bicycle applies only to a person operating a bicycle on: (1) a highway; or (2) a path set aside for the exclusive operation of bicycles. Acts 1995…

Sec. 551.002. MOPED AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE INCLUDED. A provision of this subtitle applicable to a bicycle also applies to: (1) a moped, other than a provision that by its nature cannot apply to a moped; and (2) an electric bicycle, other than a provision that by its nature cannot a…

Sec. 551.101. RIGHTS AND DUTIES. (a) A person operating a bicycle has the rights and duties applicable to a driver operating a vehicle under this subtitle, unless: (1) a provision of this chapter alters a right or duty; or (2) a right or duty applicable to a driver operating a ve…

Sec. 551.102. GENERAL OPERATION. (a) A person operating a bicycle shall ride only on or astride a permanent and regular seat attached to the bicycle. (b) A person may not use a bicycle to carry more persons than the bicycle is designed or equipped to carry. (c) A person operating…

Sec. 551.103. OPERATION ON ROADWAY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person operating a bicycle on a roadway who is moving slower than the other traffic on the roadway shall ride as near as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway, unless: (1) the person is…

Sec. 551.104. SAFETY EQUIPMENT. (a) A person may not operate a bicycle unless the bicycle is equipped with a brake capable of making a braked wheel skid on dry, level, clean pavement. (b) A person may not operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle is equipped with: (1) a l…

Sec. 551.105. COMPETITIVE RACING. (a) In this section, "bicycle" means a nonmotorized vehicle propelled by human power. (b) A sponsoring organization may hold a competitive bicycle race on a public road only with the approval of the appropriate local law enforcement agencies. (c)…

Sec. 551.106. REGULATION OF BICYCLES BY DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL AUTHORITY. (a) The department or a local authority may not prohibit the operation of an electric bicycle: (1) on a highway that is used primarily by motor vehicles; or (2) in an area in which the operation of a nonelectr…

Sec. 551.107. OPERATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLE. (a) Subtitles A, B, and D and Chapter 551A do not apply to the operation of an electric bicycle. (b) A person may not operate an electric bicycle unless the electric motor disengages or ceases to function either: (1) when the operator …

Sec. 551.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "electric personal assistive mobility device" means a two non-tandem wheeled device designed for transporting one person that is: (1) self-balancing; and (2) propelled by an electric propulsion system with an average power of 750 watt…

Sec. 551.202. OPERATION ON ROADWAY. (a) A person may operate an electric personal assistive mobility device on a residential street, roadway, or public highway with a speed limit of 30 miles per hour or less only: (1) while making a direct crossing of a highway in a marked or unm…