§ 40.101 Notification and Response
§ 40.102 Response Coordination
§ 40.103 Assistance and Compensation
§ 40.104 Qualified Immunity for Response Actions
§ 40.105 Equipment and Personnel
§ 40.106 Refusal to Cooperate
§ 40.107 Natural Resources Damages
§ 40.108 Derelict Vessels and Structures
§ 40.109 Registration of Terminal Facilities
§ 40.110 General Terms
§ 40.111 Information
§ 40.112 Issuance
§ 40.113 Suspension
§ 40.114 Contingency Plans for Vessels
§ 40.116 Audits, Inspections, and Drills
§ 40.117 Regulations
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Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code Chapter 40 > Subchapter C - Oil Spill Prevention and Response

  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005