Texas Water Code 57.001 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Water Code 57.001
- 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.
In this chapter:
(1) “District” means levee improvement district.
(2) “Board” means the board of directors of a levee improvement district.
(3) “Water commission” means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
(4) “Commissioners court” means the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located or the commissioners court of the county of jurisdiction.
(5) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
(6) “Commission” means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.