DEFINITIONS.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 503.001.
in effectIn this chapter:
(1) "Board" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301 , Occupations Code.
(2) "Commission" means the board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(3) "Converter" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301 , Occupations Code.
(4) "Dealer" means a person who regularly and actively buys, sells, or exchanges vehicles at an established and permanent location. The term includes a franchised motor vehicle dealer, an independent motor vehicle dealer, an independent mobility motor vehicle dealer, and a wholesale motor vehicle dealer.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
(6) "Drive-a-way operator" means a person who transports and delivers a vehicle in this state from the manufacturer or another point of origin to a location in this state using the vehicle's own power or using the full-mount method, the saddle-mount method, the tow-bar method, or a combination of those methods.
(7) "Franchise" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 2301 , Occupations Code.
(8) "Franchised motor vehicle dealer" means a person engaged in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging new motor vehicles at an established and permanent place of business under a franchise in effect with a motor vehicle manufacturer or distributor.
(8-a) "Independent mobility motor vehicle dealer" has the meaning assigned by Section 2301.002 , Occupations Code.
(9) "Independent motor vehicle dealer" means a dealer other than a franchised motor vehicle dealer, an independent mobility motor vehicle dealer, or a wholesale motor vehicle dealer.
(10) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures, distributes, or assembles new vehicles.
(11) "Motorcycle" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001 .
(12) "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001 .
(13) "Semitrailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001 .
(14) "Trailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 502.001 .
(15) "Vehicle" means a motor vehicle, motorcycle, house trailer, trailer, or semitrailer.
(16) "Wholesale motor vehicle auction" means the offering of a motor vehicle for sale to the highest bidder during a transaction that is one of a series of regular periodic transactions that occur at a permanent location.
(17) "Wholesale motor vehicle dealer" means a dealer who sells motor vehicles only to a person who is:
(A) the holder of a dealer's general distinguishing number; or
(B) a foreign dealer authorized by a law of this state or interstate reciprocity agreement to purchase a vehicle in this state without remitting the motor vehicle sales tax.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (H.B. 3097 ), Sec. 2F.01, eff. September 1, 2009.