§ 284.251 Definitions
§ 284.252 Effect On Investor-Owned Electric Utilities, Electric Cooperatives, Telephone Cooperatives, and Telecommunications Providers
§ 284.253 Effect On Providers of Cable Services or Video Services
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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code Chapter 284 > Subchapter F - Effect On Other Utilities and Providers

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.