SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RUSH WILLIAM M RUSTY (Last) (First) (Middle) 555 IH 35 SOUTH, SUITE 500 (Street) NEW BRAUNFELS TX 78130 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol RUSH ENTERPRISES INC \TX\ [ RUSH ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) CEO and President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/15/2017
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B Common Stock	03/15/2017		A		55,000(1)	A	$0	318,203(2)	D
Class B Common Stock	03/15/2017		F		5,034(3)	D	$31.37	313,169(2)	D
Class B Common Stock								1,623,635.5393	I	By 3MR Partners, L.P.
Class A Common Stock								82,061	D
Class A Common Stock								1,486.4293	I	By 3MR Partners, L.P.

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option (right to buy)	$33.89	03/15/2017		A		35,000		(4)	03/15/2027	Class A Common Stock	35,000	$0	35,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects the grant of restricted stock units (RSUs) that will entitle the reporting person to receive one share of the Company's Class B Common Stock for each RSU that vests. The RSUs vest in increments of 1/3 on each of the first, second, and third anniversary of the grant date, which is March 15, 2017.

2. Includes unvested restricted stock units.

3. Shares reported are shares not distributed to reporting person in order to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations with respect to vesting associated with the grant that occurred on March 15, 2014.

4. Options may be exercised in increments of 1/3 on each anniversary of the grant date beginning on the third anniversary of the grant date. The grant date is ten years prior to the expiration date.

	Steven L. Keller, Attorney in Fact for William M. Rusty Rush	03/17/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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