DEFINITIONS

In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety. (2) "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.001. (3) "Financial responsibility" means the ability to respond in damages for liability for a collision that: (A) occurs after the effective date of the document evidencing the establishment of the financial responsibility; and (B) arises out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle. (4) "Highway" means the entire width between property lines of a road, street, or way in this state that is not privately owned or controlled and: (A) some part of which is open to the public for vehicular traffic; and (B) over which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police power. (5) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on a highway, a trailer or semitrailer designed for use with a self-propelled vehicle, or a vehicle propelled by electric power from overhead wires and not operated on rails. The term does not include: (A) a traction engine; (B) a road roller or grader; (C) a tractor crane; (D) a power shovel; (E) a well driller; (F) an implement of husbandry; or (G) an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined by Section 551.201. (6) "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state. (7) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred on a nonresident by the laws of this state relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in this state by the nonresident or the use in this state of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident. (8) "Operator" means the person in actual physical control of a motor vehicle. (9) "Owner" means: (A) the person who holds legal title to a motor vehicle; (B) the purchaser or lessee of a motor vehicle subject to an agreement for the conditional sale or lease of the vehicle, if the person has: (i) the right to purchase the vehicle on performing conditions stated in the agreement; and (ii) an immediate right to possess the vehicle; or (C) a mortgagor of a motor vehicle who is entitled to possession of the vehicle. (10) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. (11) "State" means: (A) a state, territory, or possession of the United States; or (B) the District of Columbia. (12) "Vehicle registration" means: (A) a registration certificate, registration receipt, or number plate issued under Chapter 502; or (B) a dealer's license plate issued under Chapter 503.