Unless specifically defined in the TCAA or in the rules of the commission, the terms used in this chapter have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In addition to the terms which are defined by the TCAA, §§3.2, 101.1, and 114.1 of this title (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used in Subchapter C, Division 2, of this chapter (relating to LIRAP) shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Affected county--A county with a motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program established under Transportation Code, §548.301.
2. (2) Commercial vehicle--A vehicle that is owned or leased in the regular course of business of a commercial or business entity.
3. (3) Destroyed--Crushed, shredded, or otherwise dismantled to render a vehicle permanently and irreversibly incapable of functioning as originally intended.
4. (4) Dismantled--Extraction of parts, components, and accessories for use in the low income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program or sold as used parts.
5. (5) Fleet vehicle--A motor vehicle operated as one of a group that consists of more than ten motor vehicles and that is owned and operated by a public or commercial entity or by a private entity other than a single household.
6. (6) LIRAP--Low income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program.
7. (7) Participating county--An affected county in which the commissioners court by resolution has chosen to implement a low income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program authorized by Texas Health and Safety Code, §382.209.
8. (8) Recognized emissions repair facility--An automotive repair facility as defined in 37 TAC, §23.93, relating to Vehicle Emissions Inspection Requirements.
9. (9) Recycled--Conversion of metal or other material into raw material products that have prepared grades; and an existing or potential economic value; and using these raw material products in the production of new products.
10. (10) Replacement vehicle--A vehicle that has a valid Texas Department of Public Safety or safety and emissions inspection.
11. (11) Retrofit--To equip, or the equipping of, an engine or an exhaust or fuel system with new, emissions-reducing parts or equipment designed to reduce air emissions and improve air quality, after the manufacture of the original engine or exhaust or fuel system, so long as the parts or equipment allow the vehicle to meet or exceed state and federal air emissions reduction standards.
12. (12) Retrofit equipment--Emissions-reducing equipment designed to reduce air emissions and improve air quality that is approved by the EPA and is installed after the manufacture of the original engine, exhaust, or fuel system.
13. (13) Vehicle--A motor vehicle subject to §114.50(a) of this title (relating to Vehicle Emissions Inspection Requirements).
14. (14) Vehicle owner--For the purposes of repair assistance or retrofit, the person who holds the Certificate of Title for the vehicle and/or the operator who is granted possession and is authorized to make repairs under a lease or purchase agreement; and for the purposes of accelerated retirement, the person who holds the Certificate of Title for the vehicle.
15. (15) Vehicle retirement facility--A facility that, at a minimum, is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the Texas Department of Transportation to destroy, recycle, or dismantle vehicles.

Source Note:The provisions of this §114.7 adopted to be effective April 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 3194.