Texas § TN.642.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ TN.642.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, that is designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property. (2) "Operator" means the person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. (3) "Owner" means a person who has: (A) legal title to a motor vehicle; or (B) the right to possess or control the vehicle. (4) "Road-tractor" means a motor vehicle that is: (A) used for towing manufactured housing; or (B) designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not constructed so as to carry any load independently or as a part of the weight of a vehicle or load it is drawing. (5) "Truck-tractor" means a motor vehicle that: (A) transports passenger cars loaded on the vehicle while the vehicle is engaged with a semitrailer transporting passenger cars; or (B) is designed or used primarily for pulling other vehicles and constructed to carry only a part of the weight of a vehicle it is pulling. (6) "Tow truck" has the meaning assigned that term by Section 2308.002 , Occupations Code. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 4.12(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 23.008, eff. September 1, 2009.
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