Texas Water Code 65.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 65.001
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- 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.
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “District” means a special utility district operating under this chapter.
(2) “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
(3) “Director” means a member of the board of directors of a district.
(4) “Commission” means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
(5) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
(6) “Public agency” means any city, the United States and its agencies, the State of Texas and its agencies, and any district or authority created under Article XVI, Section 59, or Article III, Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), of the Texas Constitution.
(7) “City” means any incorporated city or town.
(8) “Extraterritorial jurisdiction” means the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city as determined under Chapter 42, Local Government Code.
(9) “Sole expense” means the actual cost of relocating, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing grade, or altering the construction to provide comparable replacement without enhancing the facility, after deducting the net salvage value derived from the old facility.
(10) “Water supply or sewer service corporation” means any member-owned, member-controlled, nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation created and operating under Chapter 67, that:
(A) provides water supply services to noncontiguous subdivisions in two or more counties, at least one of which counties has a population greater than 3.3 million; or
(B) is providing the services of a water supply or sewer service corporation under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission or a predecessor agency.