Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
TRANSPORTATION CODE |
Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Subtitle B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS |
Chapter 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES |
Subchapter L. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE |
Sec. 521.241. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Essential need" means a need of a person for the operation of 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) for transportation to and from an educational facility in which the person is enrolled; or
(C) 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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.