Texas Water Code 61.001 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Water Code 61.001
- 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 a navigation district created under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution.
(2) “Commission” means the navigation and canal commission of a district.
(3) “Board” means the navigation board.
(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) “Commissioner” means a member of the navigation and canal commission.