Texas Health and Safety Code 758.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 758.001
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Bicycle” means a human-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem designed to transport by a pedaling action of a person seated on a saddle seat.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Safety.
(3) “Operator” means a person who travels by pedaling on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat.
(4) “Other public right-of-way” means any right-of-way, other than a public roadway or public bicycle path, that is accessible by the public and designed for use by vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
(5) “Public bicycle path” means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by bicycles or by bicycles and pedestrians.
(6) “Public roadway” means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by motor vehicles.
(7) “Tricycle” means a three-wheeled human-powered vehicle that is designed to have a seat no more than two feet from the ground and be used as a toy by a child younger than six years of age.