# Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.004: DEFINITIONS USED IN ADMINISTERING SUBTITLE

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.004

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.004
- **Heading:** DEFINITIONS USED IN ADMINISTERING SUBTITLE
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code oc / Chapter 2021 / Section 2021.004

## Text

For the purpose of administering this subtitle:

(1) "Authorized agent" means a person appointed by an owner of a horse to represent the owner. The term is limited to a person who is appointed by a written instrument that the commission acknowledges and approves.

(2) "Clerk of scales" means a racetrack official who is responsible for weighing a jockey before and after a race.

(3) "Handicapper" means a person who predicts the winner of a horse race.

(4) "Horseshoe inspector" means a racetrack official who inspects the shoes of the horses entered in a race.

(5) "Jockey" or "apprentice jockey" means a professional rider licensed by the commission to ride in horse races.

(6) "Jockey room custodian" means a person who maintains the premises of a room in which jockeys prepare for a race.

(7) "Official starter" means a racetrack official who is in charge of the start of a race.

(8) "Paddock judge" means a racetrack official who supervises animals entered in a race while the animals are assembled before the beginning of a race in an enclosure on the grounds of a racetrack.

(9) "Patrol judge" means a racetrack official who is stationed at a set point along the racetrack to monitor the running of a race.

(10) "Quarter horse racing" means the form of horse racing in which quarter horses mounted by jockeys engage in a race.

(11) "Stable foreman" means the person in charge of the building in which horses are lodged and fed.

(12) "Timer" means a racetrack official who times the running of a race.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.001 § 2021.001. SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.001.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.002 § 2021.002. PURPOSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.002.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.003 § 2021.003. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.003.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.004 § 2021.004. DEFINITIONS USED IN ADMINISTERING SUBTITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.004.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.005 § 2021.005. PRECEDENCE OF SUIT UNDER TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.005.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.006 § 2021.006. RELEASE OF CIVIL LIABILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.006.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.007 § 2021.007. FEE OR PAYMENT IN LIEU OF OTHER STATE TAXES AND FEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.007.md)
- [Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.008 § 2021.008. SUNSET PROVISION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Coc_C2021_S2021.008.md)
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