Tex. Water Code § 35.002
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 35.002, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 35.002. DEFINITIONS.
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In this chapter:
(1) "District" means any district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has the authority to regulate the spacing of water wells, the production from water wells, or both.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.
(4) "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
(5) "Groundwater" means water percolating below the surface of the earth.
(6) "Groundwater reservoir" means a specific subsurface water-bearing reservoir having ascertainable boundaries containing groundwater.
(7) "Subdivision of a groundwater reservoir" means a definable part of a groundwater reservoir in which the groundwater supply will not be appreciably affected by withdrawing water from any other part of the reservoir, as indicated by known geological and hydrological conditions and relationships and on foreseeable economic development at the time the subdivision is designated or altered.
(8) "Subsidence" means the lowering in elevation of the land surface caused by withdrawal of groundwater.
(9) "Board" means the board of directors of a district.
(10) "Director" means a member of a board.
(11) "Management area" means an area designated and delineated by the Texas Water Development Board as an area suitable for management of groundwater resources.
(12) "Priority groundwater management area" means an area designated and delineated by the commission as an area that is experiencing or is expected to experience critical groundwater problems.
(13) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, or other body politic or corporate of the state, including a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a state agency, or a nonprofit water supply corporation created under Chapter 76, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933 (Article 1434a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
(1) "District" means any district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has the authority to regulate the spacing of water wells, the production from water wells, or both.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.
(4) "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.
(5) "Groundwater" means water percolating below the surface of the earth.
(6) "Groundwater reservoir" means a specific subsurface water-bearing reservoir having ascertainable boundaries containing groundwater.
(7) "Subdivision of a groundwater reservoir" means a definable part of a groundwater reservoir in which the groundwater supply will not be appreciably affected by withdrawing water from any other part of the reservoir, as indicated by known geological and hydrological conditions and relationships and on foreseeable economic development at the time the subdivision is designated or altered.
(8) "Subsidence" means the lowering in elevation of the land surface caused by withdrawal of groundwater.
(9) "Board" means the board of directors of a district.
(10) "Director" means a member of a board.
(11) "Management area" means an area designated and delineated by the Texas Water Development Board as an area suitable for management of groundwater resources.
(12) "Priority groundwater management area" means an area designated and delineated by the commission as an area that is experiencing or is expected to experience critical groundwater problems.
(13) "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, or other body politic or corporate of the state, including a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a state agency, or a nonprofit water supply corporation created under Chapter 76, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933 (Article 1434a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
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