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Traffic Laws |
| (a) |
A
person commits an offense if the person operates an open-bed pickup truck or an open
flatbed truck or draws an open flatbed trailer when a child younger than 18 [ |
| (b) | An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200. |
| (c) | It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person was: |
(1) operating or towing the vehicle in a parade or in an emergency; |
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| (2) operating the vehicle to transport farmworkers from one field to another field on a farm-to-market road, ranch-to-market road, or county road outside a municipality; | |
| (3) operating the vehicle on a beach; | |
| (4) operating a vehicle that is the only vehicle owned or operated by the members of a household; or | |
| (5) operating the vehicle in a hayride permitted by the governing body of or a law enforcement agency of each county or municipality in which the hayride will occur. | |
(d) |
Compliance or noncompliance with Subsection (a) is not admissible evidence in a civil trial. |
(e) |
In this section, "household" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.005, Family Code. |
| (Added by L.2001, chap. 165(1), eff. 9/1/2001.) |