Texas Transportation Code - Section 621.001. Definitions
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§ 621.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle,
other than a motorcycle, designed or used for:
(A) the transportation of property; or
(B) delivery purposes.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Transportation
Commission.
(3) "Department" means the Texas Department of
Transportation.
(4) "Director" means the executive director of the
Texas Department of Transportation.
(5) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle that is
self-propelled.
(6) "Semitrailer" means a vehicle without motive power
that is designed, or used with a motor vehicle, so that some of its
weight and the weight of its load rests on or is carried by the motor
vehicle.
(7) "Trailer" means a vehicle without motive power
that is:
(A) designed or used to carry property or
passengers on its own structure exclusively; and
(B) drawn by a motor vehicle.
(8) "Truck-tractor" means a motor vehicle designed or
used primarily for drawing another vehicle:
(A) that is not constructed to carry a load other
than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load being drawn; or
(B) that is engaged with a semitrailer in the
transportation of automobiles or boats and that transports the
automobiles or boats on part of the truck-tractor.
(9) "Vehicle" means a mechanical device, other than a
device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks, in, on, or by which a person or property can be
transported on a public highway. The term includes a motor vehicle,
commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor, trailer, or semitrailer
but does not include manufactured housing as defined by Chapter
1201, Occupations Code.
(10) "Single axle weight" means the total weight
transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers may be included
between two parallel transverse vertical planes 40 inches apart,
extending across the full width of the vehicle.
(11) "Tandem axle weight" means the total weight
transmitted to the road by two or more consecutive axles whose
centers may be included between parallel transverse vertical planes
spaced more than 40 inches and not more than 96 inches apart,
extending across the full width of the vehicle.
(12) "Port of entry" means a place designated by
executive order of the president of the United States, by order of
the United States secretary of the treasury, or by act of the United
States Congress at which a customs officer is authorized to accept
entries of merchandise, collect duties, and enforce customs and
navigation laws. The term includes a publicly owned or privately
owned international port of entry between this state and the United
Mexican States.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 941, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1227, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003,
78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14A.835, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2005,
79th Leg., ch. 313, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 601.451 601.452 601.453 601.451 601.452 601.453 601.454 621.001 621.002 621.003 621.004 621.005 621.006 621.007 621.101
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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