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Terms Used In Texas Water Code 51.874

  • 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.

On and after the effective date of the board’s order under § 51.872 of this chapter, the district:
(1) is subject to a municipal ordinance that applies to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the associated municipality; and
(2) is not subject to a municipal ordinance that applies to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the dissociated municipality.