Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 758.001. Definitions

(1) “Bicycle” means a human-powered vehicle with two wheels in tandem designed to transport by a pedaling action of a person seated on a saddle seat.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Safety.

(3) “Operator” means a person who travels by pedaling on a bicycle seated on a saddle seat.

(4) “Other public right-of-way” means any right-of-way, other than a public roadway or public bicycle path, that is accessible by the public and designed for use by vehicular or pedestrian traffic.

(5) “Public bicycle path” means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by bicycles or by bicycles and pedestrians.

(6) “Public roadway” means a right-of-way under the jurisdiction and control of this state or a local political subdivision for use primarily by motor vehicles.

(7) “Tricycle” means a three-wheeled human-powered vehicle that is designed to have a seat no more than two feet from the ground and be used as a toy by a child younger than six years of age.