Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code Chapter 2053 > Subchapter F - Premium Incentives and Surcharge

• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Board: means the governing body of a district. See Texas Water Code 49.001
• Commission: means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. See Texas Water Code 49.001
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• District: means any district or authority created by authority of either Sections Texas Water Code 49.001
• District: means any district or authority created under Sections Texas Water Code 49.3181
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Executive director: means the executive director of the commission. See Texas Water Code 49.001
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Potable water: means water that has been treated for public drinking water supply purposes. See Texas Water Code 49.001
• Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Urban property: means land that:
  (A) has been subdivided into town lots, town lots and blocks, or small parcels of the same general nature as town lots or town lots and blocks and is designed, intended, or suitable for residential or other nonagricultural purposes, as distinguished from farm acreage, and includes streets, alleys, parkways, parks, and railroad property and rights-of-way within that subdivided land; and
  (B) is in a subdivision:
  (i) that is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality that has subdivision approval jurisdiction under Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and
  (ii) for which a plat or map has been filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the subdivision or any part of the subdivision is located. See Texas Water Code 49.3181
• Week: means seven consecutive days. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005