Texas Administrative Code › Title 43 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 10 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Chapter 217 - VEHICLE TITLES AND REGISTRATION › Subchapter B - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION › Section 217.22 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) Affidavit for
				  alias exempt registration--A form prescribed by the director that must be
				  executed by an exempt law enforcement agency to request the issuance of exempt
				  registration in the name of an alias.
(2) Agent--A duly authorized representative
				  possessing legal capacity to act for an individual or legal entity.
(3) Alias--The name of a vehicle registrant
				  reflected on the registration, different than the name of the legal owner of
				  the vehicle.
(4) Alias exempt
				  registration--Registration issued under an alias to a specific vehicle to be
				  used in covert criminal investigations by a law enforcement agency.
(5) Axle load--The total load 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.
(6) Border commercial
				  zone--A commercial zone established under Title 49, C.F.R., Part 372 that is
				  contiguous to the border with Mexico.
(7) Bus--A motor vehicle used to transport
				  persons and designed to accommodate more than 10 passengers, including the
				  operator; or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used to
				  transport persons for compensation.
(8) Carrying capacity--The maximum safe load
				  that a commercial vehicle may carry, as determined by the
				  manufacturer.
(9) Character--A
				  numeric or alpha symbol displayed on a license plate.
(10) County or city civil defense agency--An
				  agency authorized by a commissioner's court order or by a city ordinance to
				  provide protective measures and emergency relief activities in the event of
				  hostile attack, sabotage, or natural disaster.
(11) Digital license plate--As defined in
				  Transportation Code, § 504.151.
(12) Digital license plate owner--A digital
				  license plate owner is a person who purchases or leases a digital license plate
				  from a department-approved digital license plate provider.
(13) Director--The director of the Vehicle
				  Titles and Registration Division, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(14) Division--Vehicle Titles and
				  Registration Division.
(15)
				  Executive administrator--The director of a federal agency, the director of a
				  Texas state agency, the sheriff of a Texas county, or the chief of police of a
				  Texas city that by law possesses the authority to conduct covert criminal
				  investigations.
(16) Exempt
				  agency--A governmental body exempted by statute from paying registration fees
				  when registering motor vehicles.
(17) Exempt license plates--Specially
				  designated license plates issued to certain vehicles owned or controlled by
				  exempt agencies.
(18) Exhibition
				  vehicle--
(A) An assembled complete passenger
				  car, truck, or motorcycle that:
(i) is a
				  collector's item;
(ii) is used
				  exclusively for exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of
				  public interest;
(iii) does not
				  carry advertising; and
(iv) has a
				  frame, body, and motor that is at least 25-years old; or