Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 361.803

  • 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.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

A person, including a local government, may submit a request to the executive director for a municipal setting designation for property if:
(1) the property is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality authorized by statute; and
(2) a public drinking water supply system exists that satisfies the requirements of Chapter 341 and that supplies or is capable of supplying drinking water to:
(A) the property for which designation is sought; and
(B) property within one-half mile of the property for which designation is sought.