In this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety.
(2) "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned by Section 521.001.
(3) "Financial responsibility" means the ability to respond in damages for liability for a collision that:
(A) occurs after the effective date of the document evidencing the establishment of the financial responsibility; and
(B) arises out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle.
(4) "Highway" means the entire width between property lines of a road, street, or way in this state that is not privately owned or controlled and:
(A) some part of which is open to the public for vehicular traffic; and
(B) over which the state has legislative jurisdiction under its police power.
(5) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on a highway, a trailer or semitrailer designed for use with a self-propelled vehicle, or a vehicle propelled by electric power from overhead wires and not operated on rails. The term does not include:
(A) a traction engine;
(B) a road roller or grader;
(C) a tractor crane;
(D) a power shovel;
(E) a well driller;
(F) an implement of husbandry; or
(G) an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined by Section 551.201.
(6) "Nonresident" means a person who is not a resident of this state.
(7) "Nonresident's operating privilege" means the privilege conferred on a nonresident by the laws of this state relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in this state by the nonresident or the use in this state of a motor vehicle owned by the nonresident.
(8) "Operator" means the person in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
(9) "Owner" means:
(A) the person who holds legal title to a motor vehicle;
(B) the purchaser or lessee of a motor vehicle subject to an agreement for the conditional sale or lease of the vehicle, if the person has:
(i) the right to purchase the vehicle on performing conditions stated in the agreement; and
(ii) an immediate right to possess the vehicle; or
(C) a mortgagor of a motor vehicle who is entitled to possession of the vehicle.
(10) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(11) "State" means:
(A) a state, territory, or possession of the United States; or
(B) the District of Columbia.
(12) "Vehicle registration" means:
(A) a registration certificate, registration receipt, or number plate issued under Chapter 502; or
(B) a dealer's license plate issued under Chapter 503.