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Texas Transportation Code § 545.458

Applicability of Commercial Motor Vehicle Laws to Automated Motor Vehicle

Operation and Movement of Vehicles · Operation of Automated Motor Vehicles

(a) In this section, "commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 644.001.

(b) An automated motor vehicle that is a commercial motor vehicle shall operate in accordance with Subtitle F and any other applicable laws or regulations of this state or a political subdivision of this state governing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, except that any provision of a commercial motor vehicle law that by its nature reasonably applies only to a human driver does not apply to an automated motor vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1034 (S.B. 2807), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

This section refers to

§ 644.001