Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code Chapter 1045 > Subchapter E - Bonds

• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of State Health Services. See Texas Health and Safety Code 486.001
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Real-time electronic logging system: means a system intended to be used by law enforcement agencies and pharmacies or other business establishments that:
  (A) is installed, operated, and maintained free of any one-time or recurring charge to the business establishment or to the state;
  (B) is able to communicate in real time with similar systems operated in other states and similar systems containing information submitted by more than one state;
  (C) complies with the security policy of the Criminal Justice Information Services division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
  (D) complies with information exchange standards adopted by the National Information Exchange Model;
  (E) uses a mechanism to prevent the completion of a sale of a product containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or norpseudoephedrine that would violate state or federal law regarding the purchase of a product containing those substances; and
  (F) is equipped with an override of the mechanism described in Paragraph (E) that:
  (i) may be activated by an employee of a business establishment; and
  (ii) creates a record of each activation of the override. See Texas Health and Safety Code 486.001
• Sale: includes a conveyance, exchange, barter, or trade. See Texas Health and Safety Code 486.001
• Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005