Terms Used In Texas Water Code 7.033

  • 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.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The commission shall seek reimbursement, either by a commission order or by a suit filed under Subchapter D by the attorney general at the commission’s request, of security from the radiation and perpetual care account used by the commission to pay for actions, including corrective measures, to remedy spills or contamination by radioactive material resulting from a violation of Chapter 401, Health and Safety Code, relating to an activity under the commission’s jurisdiction or a rule adopted or a license, registration, or order issued by the commission under that chapter.