Tex. Transp. Code § 1006.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Authority" means the Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority.
(2) "Economic motor vehicle theft" means motor vehicle burglary or theft, including theft of a catalytic converter attached to a motor vehicle, committed for financial gain.
(3) "Insurer" means any insurance company writing any form of motor vehicle insurance in this state, including an interinsurance or reciprocal exchange, mutual company, mutual association, or Lloyd's plan.
(4) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle or a vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer designed for use with a self-propelled vehicle. The term does not include a vehicle that runs exclusively on fixed rails or tracks or a piece of equipment operated solely on private property.
(5) "Motor vehicle burglary or theft" includes economic motor vehicle theft.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Reenacted, transferred, redesignated and amended from Vernon's Civil Statutes, Section 1, Art/Sec 4413(37) by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 594 (S.B. 604), Sec. 5.03, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 269 (S.B. 224), Sec. 3.13, eff. May 29, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.1006.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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