Texas § 65.001 DEFINITIONS.

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§ 65.001 — DEFINITIONS.

Texas § 65.001

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Sec. 65.001. DEFINITIONS. 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 Commission on Environmental Quality.

(5)"Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

(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

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Sec. 65.001. DEFINITIONS. 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 Commission on Environmental Quality.
(5) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(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.
SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2448, ch. 435, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 447, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 15, 1985; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.153, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.082, eff. Aug. 12, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.67, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 320, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 150, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766 ), Sec. 104, eff. September 1, 2025.