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SEC. 28-203. DEFINITIONS.
   In this article:
   (1)   DAYS means calendar days including weekends and holidays.
   (2)   IMMEDIATE FAMILY means spouse, father, mother, sister, or brother by consanguinity or affinity.
   (3)   LEGAL OWNER means a person who has a property interest in or title to a motor vehicle as defined in Section 541.001 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended.
   (4)   OFF-STREET PARKING FACILITY means any public or private off-street parking area open for use by the public for parking vehicles, other than a private residential property or the parking area of a garage or parking lot for which a charge is made for the storing or parking of vehicles.
   (5)   PREPARATIONS for a street race or reckless driving exhibition include, but are not limited to, any of the following acts knowingly done for the purpose of causing a street race or reckless driving exhibition:
      (A)   one or more motor vehicles and persons at a predetermined location on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility;
      (B)   one or more persons gathered on, or adjacent to, a public street or highway;
      (C)   one or more persons gathered in an off-street parking facility;
      (D)   one or more persons impeding the free public use of a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility by acts, words, or physical barriers;
      (E)   one or more motor vehicles lined up on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility with motors running, impeding the free public use of a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility or being a physical barrier;
      (F)   one or more drivers revving a motor vehicle's engine or causing the motor vehicle's tires to spin; or
      (G)   a person is standing or sitting in a location to act as a race starter.
   (6)   RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION means any exhibition of reckless driving as defined in Section 545.401 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended.
   (7)   REGISTERED OWNER means a person registered by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
   (8)   SPECTATOR means any person who is present at a street race, reckless driving exhibition, or the site of the preparations for either of these events, when such presence is the result of an affirmative choice for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching, betting, gambling, recording, transmitting, or witnessing the event as it progresses.
   (9)   STREET RACE means any motor vehicle race, speed contest, drag race, acceleration contest, or test of physical endurance of the operator of a motor vehicle as defined in Section 545.420 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended. (Ord. 31540)