Texas Local Government Code 399.002 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 399.002
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
In this chapter:
(1) “Local government” means a municipality or county.
(2) “Program” means a program established under this chapter.
(3) “Qualified improvement” means a permanent improvement fixed to real property and intended to decrease water or energy consumption or demand, including a product, device, or interacting group of products or devices on the customer’s side of the meter that uses energy technology to generate electricity, provide thermal energy, or regulate temperature.
(4) “Qualified project” means the installation or modification of a qualified improvement.
(5) “Real property” means privately owned commercial or industrial real property or residential real property with five or more dwelling units.
(6) “Region” means a region designated under this chapter.