§ 1025.001 Definitions
§ 1025.002 Authority for Operation
§ 1025.003 Essential Public Function
§ 1025.004 District Territory
§ 1025.005 Correction of Invalid Procedures
§ 1025.006 District Support and Maintenance Not State Obligation
§ 1025.007 Restriction On State Financial Assistance

Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code Chapter 1025 > Subchapter A - General Provisions

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • 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.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005