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Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 81.052

  • 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 commission may adopt all necessary rules for governing and regulating persons and their operations under the jurisdiction of the commission as set forth in § 81.051, including such rules as the commission may consider necessary and appropriate to implement state responsibility under any federal law or rules governing such persons and their operations.