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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 352.1145

  • 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.

The commissioners court of a county by order may require that each electric gate to a gated community or multiunit housing project be equipped with a gate-operating device that:
(1) is approved by the county fire marshal or other similar authority having jurisdiction over fire prevention; and
(2) will activate the electric gate on the sounding of an emergency vehicle siren.