Sec. 521.241.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Essential need" means a need of a person to operate 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)  in the pursuit of an occupation or trade;
(C)  for transportation to and from an educational facility in which the person is enrolled; or
(D)  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.
(3)  "Offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.