Sec. 541.001.  PERSONS.  In this subtitle:
(1)  "Escort flagger" has the meaning assigned by Section 623.008.
(1-a)  "Operator" means, as used in reference to a vehicle, a person who drives or has physical control of a vehicle.
(2)  "Owner" means, as used in reference to a vehicle, a person who has a property interest in or title to a vehicle.  The term:
(A)  includes a person entitled to use and possess a vehicle subject to a security interest;  and
(B)  excludes a lienholder and a lessee whose lease is not intended as security.
(3)  "Pedestrian" means a person on foot.
(4)  "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(5)  "School crossing guard" means a responsible person who is at least 18 years of age and is designated by a local authority to direct traffic in a school crossing zone for the protection of children going to or leaving a school.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.103, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1129 (H.B. 2620), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.