Texas Government Code 411.461 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Government Code 411.461
- 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.
- 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
In this subchapter:
(1) “Adult” means a person who is 18 years of age or older but younger than 65 years of age.
(2) “Alert” means the statewide Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue (CLEAR) alert for missing adults that is developed and implemented under this subchapter.
(3) “Bodily injury” has the meaning assigned by § 1.07, Penal Code.
(4) “Local law enforcement agency” means a local law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing adult.