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Consent tow means any tow of a motor vehicle in which the tow truck is summoned by the owner or operator of the vehicle or by a person who has possession, custody, or control of the vehicle. The term does not include an incident management tow or a private property tow. Department means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Drivers license has the meaning assigned by Section 5. Transportation Code. Incident management tow means any tow of a vehicle in which the tow truck is summoned to the scene of a traffic accident or to an incident, including the removal of a vehicle, commercial cargo, and commercial debris from an accident or incident scene. Local Authority means a state or local governmental entity authorized to regulate traffic or parking and includes. A an institution of higher education andB a political subdivision, including a county, municipality, special district, junior college district, housing authority, or other political subdivision of this state. Nonconsent tow means any tow of a motor vehicle that is not a consent tow, including. A an incident management tow andB a private property tow. Parking facility means public or private property used, wholly or partly, for restricted or paid vehicle parking. The term includes. A a restricted space on a portion of an otherwise unrestricted parking facility andB a commercial parking lot, a parking garage, and a parking area serving or adjacent to a business, church, school, home that charges a fee for parking, apartment complex, property governed by a property owners association, or government owned property leased to a private person, including. Parking facility authorized agent means an employee or agent of a parking facility owner with the authority to. A authorize the removal of a vehicle from the parking facility on behalf of the parking facility owner andB accept service on behalf of the parking facility owner of a notice of hearing requested under this chapter. Parking facility owner means. A an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or other legal entity owning or operating a parking facility B a property owners association having control under a dedicatory instrument, as that term is defined in Section 2. Property Code, over assigned or unassigned parking areas orC a property owner having an exclusive right under a dedicatory instrument, as that term is defined in Section 2. Property Code, to use a parking space. Peace officer means a person who is a peace officer under Article 2. Code of Criminal Procedure. Private property tow means any tow of a vehicle authorized by a parking facility owner without the consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle. Public roadway means a public street, alley, road, right of way, or other public way, including paved and unpaved portions of the right of way. Tow truck means a motor vehicle, including a wrecker, equipped with a mechanical device used to tow, winch, or otherwise move another motor vehicle. The term does not include. A a motor vehicle owned and operated by a governmental entity, including a public school district B a motor vehicle towing. C a recreational vehicle towing another vehicle D a motor vehicle used in combination with a tow bar, tow dolly, or other mechanical device if the vehicle is not operated in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise E a motor vehicle that is controlled or operated by a farmer or rancher and used for towing a farm vehicle F a motor vehicle that. G a truck trailer combination that is owned or operated by a dealer licensed under Chapter 2. H a car hauler that is used solely to transport, other than in a consent or nonconsent tow, motor vehicles as cargo in the course of a prearranged shipping transaction or for the use in mining, drilling, or construction operations. Towing company means an individual, association, corporation, or other legal entity that controls, operates, or directs the operation of one or more tow trucks over a public roadway in this state but does not include a political subdivision of the state. Unauthorized vehicle means a vehicle parked, stored, or located on a parking facility without the consent of the parking facility owner. Vehicle means a device in, on, or by which a person or property may be transported on a public roadway. The term includes an operable or inoperable automobile, truck, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, or trailer but does not include a device moved by human power or used exclusively on a stationary rail or track. Vehicle owner means a person. A named as the purchaser or transferee in the certificate of title issued for the vehicle under Chapter 5. Transportation Code B in whose name the vehicle is registered under Chapter 5. Transportation Code, or a member of the persons immediate family C who holds the vehicle through a lease agreement D who is an unrecorded lienholder entitled to possess the vehicle under the terms of a chattel mortgage orE who is a lienholder holding an affidavit of repossession and entitled to repossess the vehicle. Vehicle storage facility means a vehicle storage facility, as defined by Section 2. Chapter 2. 30. 3 to operate the facility. Sec. 2. 30. 8. 0. Exemptiona This chapter does not apply to a person who, while exercising a statutory or contractual lien right with regard to a vehicle. This chapter does not apply to a commercial office building owner or manager who installs or removes a boot in the buildings parking facility. Subchapter B. Advisory Board. Sec. 2. 30. 8. 0. Towing, Storage, and Booting Advisory Boarda The advisory board consists of the following members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission. Section 4. 62. 0. Insurance Code, of the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association who writes automobile insurance in this state and9 one person who operates both a towing company and a vehicle storage facility. The advisory board must include representation for each classification of towing. An appointment to the advisory board shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. Sec. 2. 30. 8. 0.