Tex.
Transp. Code Section 642.001
Definitions
(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 (Definitions), Occupations Code.
Source:
Section 642.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.642.htm#642.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
