Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 100A.001 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 100A.001Title 4. LIABILITY IN TORT · Ch. 100A. LIMITED LIABILITY FOR SPACE FLIGHT ACTIVITIES

Statute text

In this chapter:

(1)"Launch" means a placement or attempted placement of a launch vehicle and spacecraft, if any, in a suborbital trajectory, earth orbit, or outer space, including activities involved in the preparation of a launch vehicle or spacecraft for launch. (1-a) "Launch vehicle" means any vehicle and its stages or components designed to operate in or place spacecraft, if any, in a suborbital trajectory, in earth orbit, or in outer space.

(2)"Reentry" means a return or attempt to return of a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or spacecraft from a suborbital trajectory, from earth orbit, or from outer space to earth, including activities involved in the recovery of a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or spacecraft. (2-a) "Reentry vehicle" means any vehicle, including its stages or components, or spacecraft designed to return from earth orbit or outer space to earth, or a reusable launch vehicle designed to return from earth orbit or outer space to earth, substantially intact. (2-b) "Spacecraft" has the meaning assigned by Section 507.001, Local Government Code.

(3)"Space flight activities" means activities and training in any phase of preparing for and undertaking space flight, including:

(A)the research, development, testing, or manufacture of a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, or spacecraft;

(B)the preparation of a launch vehicle, reentry vehicle, payload, spacecraft, crew, or space flight participant for launch, space flight, and reentry;

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Legislative history

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 953 (H.B. 1791), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 649 (H.B. 4157), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.