{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.304","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 547.304","heading":"APPLICABILITY.","body":"(a) A provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with fixed electric lights does not apply to a farm trailer or fertilizer trailer registered under Section 502.146 or a boat trailer with a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or less if the trailer is not operated at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).\n(b) Except for Sections 547.323 and 547.324, a provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with fixed electric lights does not apply to a boat trailer with a gross weight of less than 4,500 pounds if the trailer is not operated at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).\n(c) Except for Sections 547.323 and 547.324, a provision of this chapter that requires a vehicle to be equipped with lamps, reflectors, and lighting equipment does not apply to a mobile home if the mobile home:\n(1) is moved under a permit issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles under Subchapter D, Chapter 623; and\n(2) is not moved at a time or under a condition specified by Section 547.302(a).\n(d) A mobile home lighted as provided by this section may be moved only during daytime.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 280 (H.B. 505), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1420), Sec. 96, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 20.021, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","SUBCHAPTER D. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.547.htm#547.304","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"03f09abb495167cd334949bfed987ed74107dc208e5def5b5446ebdbec3ee953","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-547.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}