Tex. Transp. Code § 644.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means:
(A) a commercial motor vehicle as defined by 49 C.F.R. Section 390.5, if operated interstate; or
(B) a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Section 548.001, if operated intrastate.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.
(3) "Director" means the public safety director.
(4) "Federal hazardous material regulation" means a federal regulation in 49 C.F.R. Parts 101-199.
(5) "Federal motor carrier safety regulation" means a federal regulation in Subtitle A, Title 49, or Subchapter B, Chapter III, Subtitle B, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(6) "Federal safety regulation" means a federal hazardous material regulation or a federal motor carrier safety regulation.
(7) "Port of entry" has the meaning assigned by Section 621.001.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.151(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.24(a), 17.25(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 16.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 313 (S.B. 619), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.644.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 644.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 522.071DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 644.001
- Tex. Transp. Code § 522.072EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES.Printed as Section 644.001
- Tex. Transp. Code § 545.458APPLICABILITY OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS TO AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE.Printed as Section 644.001
- Tex. Transp. Code § 547.613RESTRICTIONS ON WINDOWS.Printed as Section 644.001
- Tex. Transp. Code § 548.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 644.001
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