{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.101","heading":"RULES AND STANDARDS IN GENERAL.","body":"(a) The department may adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter.\n(b) The department may adopt standards for vehicle equipment to:\n(1) protect the public from unreasonable risk of death or injury; and\n(2) enforce safety standards of the United States as permitted under the federal motor vehicle act.\n(c) A department standard must:\n(1) duplicate a standard of the United States that applies to the same aspect of vehicle equipment performance as the department standard; or\n(2) if there is no standard of the United States for the same aspect of vehicle equipment performance as the department standard, conform as closely as possible to a relevant standard of the United States, similar standards established by other states, and a standard issued or endorsed by recognized national standard-setting organizations or agencies.\n(d) The department may not adopt a vehicle equipment standard inconsistent with a standard provided by this chapter.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","SUBCHAPTER B. ADOPTION OF RULES AND STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm#547.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"39a6dc5cfaac1b2a1aede5b929cd90844c6a6c1c51e3d77b0d7e66dbc9d6bd0b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}