Texas Water Code 15.901 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 15.901
- 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.
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter:
(1) “Fund” means the disadvantaged rural community water and wastewater financial assistance fund.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1151, Sec. 17(1), eff. June 18, 2005.
(3) “Rural community” means:
(A) a municipality or county with a population of less than 5,000;
(B) any portion of a political subdivision with a service population of less than 5,000 that is located outside the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality; or
(C) a predominately residential area with a population of less than 5,000 that is located outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality.
(4) “Disadvantaged rural community” means a rural community with a median household income that is not greater than 75 percent of the median state household income for the most recent year for which the applicable statistics are available.