Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 547.608 - Safety Glazing Material Required(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person who sells or registers a new passenger-type motor vehicle, including a passenger bus and school bus, shall equip the vehicle doors, windows, and windshield with safety glazing material of a type approved by the department.(b) The requirements of Subsection (a) do not apply to a glazing material in a compartment of a truck, including a truck-tractor, that is not designed and equipped for a person to ride in.(c) A person may not replace or require the replacement of glass in a door, window, or windshield of any motor vehicle if the replacement is not made with safety glazing material.(d) A person who sells or attaches to a motor vehicle a camper manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1972, shall equip the camper doors and windows with safety glazing material of a type approved by the department. In this subsection "camper" means a structure designed to: (1) be loaded on or attached to a motor vehicle; and(2) provide temporary living quarters for recreation, travel, or other use.(e) A person who sells imperfect safety glass for a door, window, or windshield of a motor vehicle shall: (1) label the glass "second," "imperfect," or by a similar term in red letters at least one inch in size to indicate to the consumer the quality of the glass;(2) orally notify the consumer of each imperfection and the possible result of using imperfect glass; and(3) deliver written notice at the time of purchase notifying the consumer of each imperfection and the possible result of using imperfect glass.Tex. Transp. Code § 547.608
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.