§ 16.051 State Water Plan: Drought, Conservation, Development, and Management; Effect of Plan
§ 16.052 Interregional Planning Council
§ 16.053 Regional Water Plans
§ 16.054 Local Water Planning
§ 16.055 Drought Response Plan
§ 16.0551 State Drought Preparedness Plan
§ 16.056 Federal Assistance in Financing Regional Water Plans
§ 16.058 Collection of Bays and Estuaries Data; Conduct of Studies
§ 16.059 Collection of Instream Flow Data; Conduct of Studies
§ 16.060 Desalination Studies and Research
§ 16.061 State Flood Plan
§ 16.062 Regional Flood Planning

Terms Used In Texas Water Code Chapter 16 > Subchapter C - Planning

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005