Tex. Water Code § 16.001
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 16.001, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 16.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Texas Water Development Board.
(4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(5) "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
(6) "Development fund manager" means the development fund manager of the Texas Water Development Board.
(7) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, or other body politic or corporate of the state, including any district or authority created under Article III, Section 52 or Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution and including any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67.
(8) "Bonds" means all Texas Water Development Bonds now or hereafter authorized by the Texas Constitution.
(9) "Waste" has the same meaning as provided in Section 26.001 of this code.
(10) "Water development bonds" means the Texas Water Development Bonds authorized by Article III, Sections 49-c and 49-d, of the Texas Constitution and bonds dedicated to use for the purposes of those sections under Article III, Sections 49-d-2, 49-d-6, and 49-d-7, of the Texas Constitution.
(11) "State facility" means a project in which the board has acquired an ownership interest.
(12) "Acquisition of a state facility" means the act or series of actions by the board in making payment for a state facility.
(1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Texas Water Development Board.
(4) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(5) "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
(6) "Development fund manager" means the development fund manager of the Texas Water Development Board.
(7) "Political subdivision" means a county, city, or other body politic or corporate of the state, including any district or authority created under Article III, Section 52 or Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution and including any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67.
(8) "Bonds" means all Texas Water Development Bonds now or hereafter authorized by the Texas Constitution.
(9) "Waste" has the same meaning as provided in Section 26.001 of this code.
(10) "Water development bonds" means the Texas Water Development Bonds authorized by Article III, Sections 49-c and 49-d, of the Texas Constitution and bonds dedicated to use for the purposes of those sections under Article III, Sections 49-d-2, 49-d-6, and 49-d-7, of the Texas Constitution.
(11) "State facility" means a project in which the board has acquired an ownership interest.
(12) "Acquisition of a state facility" means the act or series of actions by the board in making payment for a state facility.
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