Sec. 547.334. SINGLE-BEAM LIGHTING EQUIPMENT PERMITTED  


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  • (a) In lieu of the multiple-beam lighting equipment required by Section 547.333, a headlamp system that provides a single distribution of light and meets the requirements of Subsection (b) is permitted for:

    (1) a farm tractor; or

    (2) a motor vehicle manufactured and sold before September 4, 1948.

    (b) The headlamp system specified by Subsection (a) shall:

    (1) emit a light sufficient to reveal a person or vehicle at a distance of at least 200 feet; and

    (2) be aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the lamp projects a beam:

    (A) higher than five inches below the level of the center of the lamp at a distance of 25 feet ahead; or

    (B) higher than 42 inches above the ground at a distance of 75 feet ahead.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.