TITLE: Relating to the use of safety guards or flaps on certain vehicles or vehicle combinations.

SUMMARY: Relating to the use of safety guards or flaps on certain vehicles or vehicle combinations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the use of safety guards or flaps on certain vehicles or vehicle combinations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 547.606, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with a towing vehicle that has at least four tires or at least two super single tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or flaps that: (1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and (2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination within eight inches of the surface of the highway. (c) In this section, "super single tire" means a wide-base, single tire that may be used in place of two standard tires on the same axle. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.