{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.241","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.241","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Essential need\" means a need of a person to operate a motor vehicle:\n(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;\n(B) in the pursuit of an occupation or trade;\n(C) for transportation to and from an educational facility in which the person is enrolled; or\n(D) in the performance of essential household duties.\n(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.\n(3) \"Offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated\" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.241","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"158c30f06a3bec79cba53081b9937abd2c8d8675d680c0010269c9e74e8e24af","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.224","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.242"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}