Sec. 8815.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Authority" means the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority.

(2) "Board" means the board of directors of the authority.

(3) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its successor.

(4) "Director" means a member of the board.

(5) "District" means any district created under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, regardless of the manner of creation, other than:

(A) a navigation district or port authority; or

(B) a district governed by Chapter 36, Water Code.

(6) "Groundwater reduction plan" means a plan adopted or implemented to supply water, reduce reliance on groundwater, regulate groundwater pumping and usage, or require and allocate water usage among persons in order to comply with or exceed requirements imposed by the subsidence district, including any applicable groundwater reduction requirements.

(7) "Local government" means a municipality, county, district, or other political subdivision of this state or a combination of two or more of those entities.

(8) "Member district" means each of the following conservation and reclamation districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution:

(A) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 33;

(B) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 150;

(C) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 200;

(D) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 205;

(E) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 215;

(F) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 217;

(G) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 304;

(H) Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 399;

(I) Harris County Utility District No. 16;

(J) Fallbrook Utility District; and

(K) Rankin Road West Municipal Utility District.

(9) "Subsidence" means the lowering in elevation of the surface of land by the withdrawal of groundwater.

(10) "Subsidence district" means the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District.

(11) "System" means a network of pipelines, conduits, valves, canals, pumping stations, force mains, treatment plants, and any other construction, device, or related appurtenance used to treat or transport water.

(12) "Water" includes:

(A) groundwater, percolating or otherwise;

(B) any surface water, natural or artificial, navigable or nonnavigable; and

(C) industrial and municipal wastewater.

(13) "Well" includes a facility or device owned or partially owned by a member district and used to withdraw groundwater from a groundwater source inside or outside the boundaries of the authority for the purpose of supplying water to territory in the authority.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 656 (H.B. 3181), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 18.014, eff. September 1, 2013.