# Tex. Transportation Code § 647.001: DEFINITIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.001

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Transportation Code § 647.001
- **Heading:** DEFINITIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code tn / Chapter 647 / Section 647.001

## Text

In this chapter:

(1) "Bus" means a motor vehicle that is designed, constructed, and used to transport passengers. The term does not include a passenger automobile or a station wagon other than a taxicab.

(2) "Highway" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.302.

(3) "Migrant agricultural worker" means a person who:

(A) performs or seeks to perform farm labor of a seasonal nature, including labor necessary to process an agricultural food product; and

(B) occupies living quarters other than the individual's permanent home during the period of employment.

(4) "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power and used on a highway to transport passengers or property or both. The term does not include:

(A) a vehicle, locomotive, or car that operates exclusively on one or more rails; or

(B) a trolley bus that operates on electricity generated from a fixed overhead wire and that provides local passenger transportation in street-railway service.

(5) "Operator" means a person who operates a motor vehicle.

(6) "Semitrailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201.

(7) "Truck" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201.

(8) "Truck tractor" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.001 § 647.001. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.001.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.002 § 647.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.002.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.003 § 647.003. TYPE OF VEHICLE ALLOWED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.003.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.004 § 647.004. COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.004.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.005 § 647.005. OPERATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.005.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.006 § 647.006. OPERATOR AGE AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.006.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.007 § 647.007. OPERATOR PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.007.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.008 § 647.008. PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.008.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.009 § 647.009. LIMITATION ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.009.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.010 § 647.010. REQUIRED STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.010.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.011 § 647.011. FUEL RESTRICTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.011.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.012 § 647.012. REQUIRED VEHICLE EQUIPMENT; USE OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.012.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.013 § 647.013. PASSENGER SAFETY PROVISIONS ON MOTOR VEHICLE OTHER THAN BUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.013.md)
- [Tex. Transportation Code § 647.014 § 647.014. PASSENGER SEATING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ctn_C647_S647.014.md)

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