{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2021.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2021.004","heading":"DEFINITIONS USED IN ADMINISTERING SUBTITLE.","body":"For the purpose of administering this subtitle:\n(1) \"Authorized agent\" means a person appointed by an owner of a horse to represent the owner. The term is limited to a person who is appointed by a written instrument that the commission acknowledges and approves.\n(2) \"Clerk of scales\" means a racetrack official who is responsible for weighing a jockey before and after a race.\n(3) \"Handicapper\" means a person who predicts the winner of a horse race.\n(4) \"Horseshoe inspector\" means a racetrack official who inspects the shoes of the horses entered in a race.\n(5) \"Jockey\" or \"apprentice jockey\" means a professional rider licensed by the commission to ride in horse races.\n(6) \"Jockey room custodian\" means a person who maintains the premises of a room in which jockeys prepare for a race.\n(7) \"Official starter\" means a racetrack official who is in charge of the start of a race.\n(8) \"Paddock judge\" means a racetrack official who supervises animals entered in a race while the animals are assembled before the beginning of a race in an enclosure on the grounds of a racetrack.\n(9) \"Patrol judge\" means a racetrack official who is stationed at a set point along the racetrack to monitor the running of a race.\n(10) \"Quarter horse racing\" means the form of horse racing in which quarter horses mounted by jockeys engage in a race.\n(11) \"Stable foreman\" means the person in charge of the building in which horses are lodged and fed.\n(12) \"Timer\" means a racetrack official who times the running of a race.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A-1. TEXAS RACING ACT","CHAPTER 2021. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2021.htm#2021.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"a88f54fa71efb761b05685e1c0482a13499b5e9029709a9e5499770c1dd20d64","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2021.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2021.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}