Texas Laws: Transportation Code

Chapter 541  Definitions

Subchapter A  Persons and Governmental Authorities

Texas Laws > Transportation Code > Chapter 541 > Section 541.001

Section 541.001.  Persons

§ 541.001. PERSONS.  In this subtitle:                                      
		(1)  "Operator" means, as used in reference to a 
vehicle, a person who drives or has physical control of a vehicle.
		(2)  "Owner" means, as used in reference to a vehicle, a 
person who has a property interest in or title to a vehicle.  The 
term:
			(A)  includes a person entitled to use and possess 
a vehicle subject to a security interest;  and
			(B)  excludes a lienholder and a lessee whose 
lease is not intended as security.
		(3)  "Pedestrian" means a person on foot.                                     
		(4)  "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, 
association, or corporation.
		(5)  "School crossing guard" means a responsible person 
who is at least 18 years of age and is designated by a local 
authority to direct traffic in a school crossing zone for the 
protection of children going to or leaving a school.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended 
by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, § 30.103, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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