Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 245.001 : LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE — REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES — REGULATORY AUTHORITY APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT — ISSUANCE OF LOCAL PERMITS — Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) "Permit" means a license, certificate, approval, registration, consent, permit, contract or other agreement for construction related to, or provision of, service from a water or wastewater utility owned, operated, or controlled by a regulatory agency, or other form of authorization required by law, rule, regulation, order, or ordinance that a person must obtain to perform an action or initiate, continue, or complete a project for which the permit is sought.

(2) "Political subdivision" means a political subdivision of the state, including a county, a school district, or a municipality.

(3) "Project" means an endeavor over which a regulatory agency exerts its jurisdiction and for which one or more permits are required to initiate, continue, or complete the endeavor.

(4) "Regulatory agency" means the governing body of, or a bureau, department, division, board, commission, or other agency of, a political subdivision acting in its capacity of processing, approving, or issuing a permit.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 245.001

Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 6, Sec. 1, eff. 4/27/2005.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 73, Sec. 2, eff. 5/11/1999.