Tex. Transp. Code § 521.241 · Subchapter L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Essential need" means a need of a person to operate a motor vehicle:
(A) in the performance of an occupation or trade or for transportation to and from the place at which the person practices the person's occupation or trade;
(B) in the pursuit of an occupation or trade;
(C) for transportation to and from an educational facility in which the person is enrolled; or
(D) in the performance of essential household duties.
(2) "Ignition interlock device" means a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator of the vehicle.
(3) "Offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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