Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.005
APPLICABILITY TO AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLES
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- Tex. Occupations Code § 2402.005, APPLICABILITY TO AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/705388
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(a) A corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, or other entity that, for compensation, enables a passenger to prearrange a ride in an automated motor vehicle through the entity's digital network is a transportation network company and is subject to the requirements of this chapter, except as otherwise provided by this section.
(b) A transportation network company holding a permit under this chapter may use automated motor vehicles owned by the company or operated under a contract with the company to provide digitally prearranged rides through the company's digital network.
(c) A reference in this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter to a "driver" includes an automated motor vehicle, except that a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter that by its nature reasonably applies only to a human driver does not apply to an automated motor vehicle operating with the automated driving system engaged.