(a) General Information.      
        (1) A manufactured home that exceeds size limits for motor vehicles as defined by Transportation Code, Chapter 621, Subchapters B and C, must obtain a permit from the department.       
        (2) Pursuant to Transportation Code, Chapter 623, Subchapter E, a permit may be issued to persons registered as manufacturers, installers, or retailers with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs or motor carriers registered with the department under Transportation Code, Chapter 643.       
        (3) The department may issue a permit to the owner of a manufactured home provided that:                  (A) the same owner is named on the title of the manufactured home and towing vehicle;                   (B) or the owner presents a lease showing that the owner of the manufactured home is the lessee of the towing vehicle.         
      (b) Permit application.      
        (1) To qualify for a permit under this section, a person must submit an application to the department.       
        (2) All applications shall be made in a form and by the method prescribed by the department, and at a minimum shall include the following:                  (A) name, customer identification number, and address of the applicant;                   (B) name, telephone number, and email address of contact person;                   (C) applicant's USDOT Number if applicant is required by law to have a USDOT Number;                   (D) complete description of the manufactured home, including the year, make and one of the following:                      (i) manufactured home's HUD label number;                       (ii) Texas seal number; or                       (iii) the complete identification number or serial number;                     (E) the maximum width, height and length of the vehicle and manufactured home; and                   (F) any other information required by law, including the information listed in Transportation Code §623.093(a).         
      (c) Amendments to permit. Amendments can only be made to change intermediate points between the origination and destination points listed on the permit.     
      (d) Payment of permit fee. The cost of the permit is $40, payable in accordance with §219.11(f) of this title.     
      (e) Permit provisions and conditions.      
        (1) The overall combined length of the manufactured home and the towing vehicle includes the length of the hitch or towing device.       
        (2) The height is measured from the roadbed to the highest elevation of the manufactured home.       
        (3) The width of a manufactured home includes any roof or eaves extension or overhang on either side.       
        (4) A permit will be issued for a single continuous movement not to exceed five days.       
        (5) Movement must be made during daylight hours only and may be made on any day except New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.       
        (6) The department may limit the hours for travel on certain routes because of heavy traffic conditions.       
        (7) The department will publish any limitations on movements during the national holidays listed in this subsection, or any limitations during certain hours of heavy traffic conditions, and will make such publications available to the public prior to the limitations becoming effective.       
        (8) The permit will contain the route for the transportation of the manufactured home from the point of origin to the point of destination.       
        (9) The route for the transportation must be the most practical route as described in §219.11(e) of this title, except where construction is in progress and the permitted vehicle's dimensions exceed the construction restrictions as published by the department, or where bridge or overpass width or height would create a safety hazard.       
        (10) The department will publish annually a map or list of all bridges or overpasses which, due to height or width, require an escort flag vehicle to stop oncoming traffic while the manufactured home crosses the bridge or overpass.       
        (11) A permittee may not transport a manufactured home with a void permit; a new permit must be obtained.       
      (f) Escort requirements.      
        (1) A manufactured home exceeding 12 feet in width must have a rotating amber beacon of not less than eight inches in diameter mounted somewhere on the roof at the rear of the manufactured home, or may have two five-inch flashing amber lights mounted approximately six feet from ground level at the rear corners of the manufactured home. The towing vehicle must have one rotating amber beacon of not less than eight inches in diameter mounted on top of the cab. These beacons or flashing lights must be operational and luminiferous during any permitted move over the highways, roads, and streets of this state.       
        (2) A manufactured home with a width exceeding 16 feet but not exceeding 18 feet must have a front escort flag vehicle on two-lane roadways and a rear escort flag vehicle on roadways of four or more lanes.       
        (3) A manufactured home exceeding 18 feet in width must have a front and a rear escort flag vehicle on all roadways at all times.       
        (4) The escort flag vehicle must:                  (A) have one red 16 inch square flag mounted on each of the four corners of the vehicle;                   (B) have a sign mounted on the front and rear of the vehicle displaying the words "WIDE LOAD" in black letters at least eight inches high with a brush stroke at least 1.41 inches wide against a yellow background;                   (C) have mounted on top of the vehicle and visible from both the front and rear:                      (i) two simultaneously flashing lights;                       (ii) one rotating amber beacon of not less than eight inches in diameter; or                       (iii) alternating or flashing blue and amber lights; and                     (D) maintain two-way communications with the permitted vehicle and other escort flag vehicles involved with the movement of the permitted vehicle.         
        (5) Two transportable sections of a multi-section manufactured home, or two single section manufactured homes, when towed together in convoy, may be considered one home for purposes of the escort flag vehicle requirements, provided the distance between the two units does not exceed 1,000 feet.       
        (6) An escort flag vehicle must comply with the requirements in §219.11(k)(1) and §219.11(k)(7)(A) of this title.       
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §219.14 adopted to be effective October 13, 1994, 19 TexReg 7810; amended to be effective December 26, 1995, 20 TexReg 10656; amended to be effective January 8, 1998, 23 TexReg 155; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 1221; amended to be effective December 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 9920; amended to be effective February 16, 2006, 31 TexReg 888; amended to be effective January 4, 2007, 31 TexReg 10831; amended to be effective June 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 3776; transferred effective January 1, 2012, as published in the Texas Register January 27, 2012, 37 TexReg 359;amended to be effective June 28, 2015, 40 TexReg 4003; amended to be effective December 14, 2015, 40 TexReg 8900; amended to be effective December 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 9582; amended to be effective January 4, 2024, 48 TexReg 8383