§ 56.111 Control and Repair of District Improvements
§ 56.115 Duties of the Engineer
§ 56.116 Maps and Estimates
§ 56.120 Railroad Culverts
§ 56.121 Road Culverts
§ 56.122 Constructing Bridges and Culverts in Certain Counties
§ 56.123 Change in Plans Without Additional Expenditures
§ 56.124 Change in Plans With Additional Expenditures
§ 56.125 Additional Improvements
§ 56.126 Changes, Additions, and Improvements
§ 56.128 Injuring Drainage Canal or Ditch
§ 56.135 Interest in Drainage Contract
§ 56.140 Public and Private Improvements
§ 56.141 Outside Drains
§ 56.142 Enlargement of Canals, Drains, and Other Outlets
§ 56.143 Contract for Improvements With the United States
§ 56.144 Interlocal Agreements
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Terms Used In Texas Water Code Chapter 56 > Subchapter D - Powers and Duties

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • 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