![]() Procedural rules for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation - Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 60.
Motor Vehicle Act This Act is current to September 1. See the Tables of Legislative Changes for this Act’s legislative history, including any changes not in force.[RSBC 1. CHAPTER 3. Definitions. 1 In this Act: "accident" includes an intentional collision; "adult" means a person who has reached 1. Insurance (Vehicle) Act and to the holder of a licence, permit or any class of licence or permit issued under this Act, whether issued as part of the licence or permit or as a separate document; "commercial vehicle" has the same meaning as commercial vehicle in the Commercial Transport Act; "convicted" has the same meaning as in section 3. Insurance (Vehicle) Act; "dangerous article" includes inflammable or corrosive liquids and liquefied petroleum gas; "dealer" means a motor dealer as defined in the Motor Dealer Act; "director" means the Director of Commercial Vehicle Safety appointed under section 1. Insurance (Vehicle) Act; "emergency vehicle" means any of the following: (a) a motor vehicle, or cycle as defined in Part 3, carrying rescue or first aid equipment if there is an urgent emergency justifying a rate of speed in excess of any maximum rate of speed provided for in this Act; (b). Part 3, driven by a member of a fire department in the discharge of his or her duties; (c). Part 3, driven by a peace officer, constable or member of the police branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the discharge of his or her duty; "farmer" means a person who resides on a farm and makes his or her principal living by farming it; "farm tractor" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as an implement of husbandry for drawing agricultural equipment; "financial responsibility card" means a card issued under section 1. Transportation Act,(b) every road, street, lane or right of way designed or intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, and(c). Industrial Roads Act, and includes a forest service road as defined in the Forest Act and land designated as a development road under section 1. Petroleum and Natural Gas Act; "industrial utility vehicle" means a motor vehicle that(a) is used for work purposes, including industrial, maintenance or landscaping purposes, and, at the time it was manufactured, was not designed to conform to the standards prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) for motor vehicles designed for use on a highway, or(b) is in a prescribed class of motor vehicles,but does not include a vehicle in a class of motor vehicles excluded by regulation; "insurance premium" means the premium established under the Insurance (Vehicle) Act for a motor vehicle liability policy and includes the basic premium and any additional premium, as defined in that Act; "manufactured home" means a trailer that may or may not be placed on a foundation and is designed for use as an all season residence and for connection to utilities; "minister" includes a person designated in writing by the minister; "mobile equipment" means a self- propelled device that is incapable of exceeding 1. Insurance (Vehicle) Act; "motor vehicle liability insurance card" means a card issued under the Insurance (Vehicle) Act in respect of a motor vehicle liability policy, and may be part of a certificate of insurance; "motor vehicle liability policy" means a certificate issued under Part 1 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act and the regulations under that Part; "motor vehicle related Criminal Code offence" means(a) an offence committed before December 4, 1. Criminal Code as it then was,(b) an offence committed on or after December 4, 1. December 1. 2, 1. Criminal Code as it then was,(c) an offence committed on or after December 1. ![]() Criminal Code,(d) an offence committed under section 2. Criminal Code on or after a date prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council,(e) an offence committed under section 2. Criminal Code, or(f) an offence committed under a prescribed provision of the Criminal Codeif the offence arose out of or was related to the operation, care or control of a motor vehicle or that was committed by means of a motor vehicle; "motorcycle" means a motor vehicle that runs on 2 or 3 wheels and has a saddle or seat for the driver to sit astride; "number plates" means the number plates issued under this Act as well as validation decals for attachment to number plates issued under this Act; "off- road vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Off- Road Vehicle Act; "owner" includes a person in possession of a motor vehicle under a contract by which he or she may become its owner on full compliance with the contract; "owner's certificate" means an owner's certificate as defined in the Insurance (Vehicle) Act; "owner's licence" means a licence issued under section 3, 5, 6 or 3. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended for six games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy.Act or by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council or of the minister; "prohibited from driving a motor vehicle" means prohibited from driving a motor vehicle on a highway or an industrial road; "rural area" does not include treaty lands; "school bus" means a motor vehicle used to convey children to or from school by or under a contract with the authority in charge of the school; "station wagon" means a dual purpose vehicle designed for transporting not more than 9 persons, with a rear seat accessible from a side door, and designed so that the seats may be removed or folded out of the way to increase the property carrying space in the vehicle; "superintendent" means the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles; "taxi" means a motor vehicle designed to carry not more than 1. Commercial Transport Act; "vehicle" means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, but does not include a device designed to be moved by human power, a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks, mobile equipment or a motor assisted cycle; "vehicle insurance" means vehicle insurance as defined in the Insurance (Vehicle) Act. Part 1. Application of Act. In this section, "private road" means a private road used by the public for vehicular traffic with permission of the owner or licensee of the road.(2) This Act does not apply to the driving or operation of a mechanically propelled invalid's chair that is used only for the purposes for which it was designed.(3) Despite subsection (2), a person must not drive or operate on a highway a mechanically propelled invalid's chair of a type or class prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as a motor vehicle unless the person complies with this Act.(4) [Repealed 1. The provisions of this Act respecting the registration and licensing of motor vehicles and trailers and the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles do not apply to prohibit(a) the temporary driving, propelling, drawing or moving of an implement of husbandry on a highway by or on behalf of a farmer unless the implement is used(i) to carry, on a highway, passengers or goods other than farm produce, supplies, stock, fertilizer, tools or seeds being carried from one place on a farm to another place on the same farm, or(ii) to tow, on a highway, a trailer used to carry passengers or goods other than farm produce, supplies, stock, fertilizer, tools or seeds being carried from one place on a farm to another place on the same farm, or(b). A motor vehicle or trailer exempted from registration and licensing under subsection (5) is deemed, for the purpose of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, to be registered and licensed under this Act.(7) A person who is under 1. A commercial vehicle registered and licensed under a section of the Commercial Transport Act is deemed to be registered and licensed under the section of this Act that is identical except for the substitutions mentioned in section 4 of the Commercial Transport Act, and a commercial vehicle exempt from registration and licensing under the Commercial Transport Act is also exempt from registration and licensing under this Act.(9) Except under sections 9. Motor Vehicle Act as the result of the driving or operation of a motor vehicle or trailer(a) on a private road owned by the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle, or(b). Despite this section, but subject to subsection (1. Subsection (1. 0) applies only to motor vehicles or trailers or drivers referred to in this section that are designated by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.(1.
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