Sec. 21.001. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors.
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3) "Director" means a board member.
(4) "District" means the Upper Sabine Valley Solid Waste Management District.
(5) "Local government" means:
(A) a municipality;
(B) a county; or
(C) a water or other special district or authority acting under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
(6) "Solid waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.003, Health and Safety Code.
(7) "Water" means groundwater, percolating or otherwise, lakes, bays, ponds, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, and all other bodies of surface water, natural or artificial, that are wholly or partly in the district.
(8) "Water pollution" means alteration of the physical, chemical, or biological quality of water or contamination of water that:
(A) renders the water harmful, detrimental, or injurious to:
(i) humans, animal life, vegetation, or property; or
(ii) public health, safety, or welfare; or
(B) impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable purpose.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Section: 21.001 21.002 21.003 21.004 21.005 21.051 21.052 21.053 21.054 21.055 21.056 21.101 21.102 21.103 21.104 NextLast modified: September 28, 2016