Tex. Transp. Code Section 622.101
Vehicles Transporting Certain Agricultural Products or Processing Equipment

(a)

A single motor vehicle used exclusively to transport chile pepper modules, seed cotton, cotton, cotton burrs, or equipment used to transport or process chile pepper modules or cotton, including a motor vehicle or burr spreader, may not be operated on a highway or road if the vehicle is:

(1)

wider than 10 feet and the highway has not been designated by the commission under Section 621.202 (Commission’s Authority to Set Maximum Width);

(2)

longer than 48 feet; or

(3)

higher than 14 feet 6 inches.

(b)

A single motor vehicle that transports agricultural products under Subsection (a) must be registered under Section 504.505 (Cotton Vehicles).

(c)

A truck-tractor operated in combination with a semitrailer and used to transport seed cotton or cotton may not be operated on a highway or road if the vehicle is higher than 14 feet 6 inches.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 247 (H.B. 749), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 966 (S.B. 688), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 966 (S.B. 688), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: Section 622.101 — Vehicles Transporting Certain Agricultural Products or Processing Equipment, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.­622.­htm#622.­101 (accessed May 26, 2025).

622.001
Definitions 622.002
Rulemaking Authority 622.011
Definition 622.012
Axle Weight Restrictions 622.014
Local Regulation 622.015
Local Surety Bond 622.016
Interstate and Defense Highways 622.031
Length and Axle Weight Restrictions 622.032
Interstate and Defense Highways 622.041
Length Limitation 622.042
Time of Operation 622.043
Conformity with General Provisions Relating to Vehicle Size and Weight 622.044
Extension of Load Beyond Rear of Vehicle 622.045
Interstate and Defense Highways 622.051
Length Limitation 622.052
Time of Operation 622.053
Conformity with General Provisions Relating to Vehicle Size and Weight 622.061
Length Limitation 622.062
Time of Operation 622.063
Conformity with General Provisions Relating to Vehicle Size and Weight 622.071
Definition 622.072
Identification Markings on Special Mobile Equipment 622.073
Transportation of Special Mobile Equipment 622.074
Nonapplicability of Subchapter 622.101
Vehicles Transporting Certain Agricultural Products or Processing Equipment 622.131
Definition 622.132
Applicability of Subchapter 622.133
Axle Weight Restrictions 622.134
Surety Bond 622.135
Interstate and Defense Highways 622.136
Penalty 622.137
Defense to Prosecution: Bond in Effect 622.151
Definitions 622.152
Automobile Transporter Backhauls 622.153
Maximum Extended Length of Load 622.0435
Vehicles Transporting Raw Wood Products 622.901
Width Exceptions 622.902
Length Exceptions 622.903
Width Limitation on Certain Recreational Vehicles 622.952
Emergency Vehicle 622.953
Vehicle Transporting Seed Cotton or Chile Pepper Modules 622.954
Tow Trucks 622.955
Increase of Maximum Weight for Vehicles with Idle Reduction Systems
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May 26, 2025

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