Sec. 15.602. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Additional state revolving fund" means any state revolving fund hereafter established by the board to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions for public works in accordance with a capitalization grant program hereafter established by a federal agency or otherwise authorized by federal law.

(2) "Authorized investments" means any authorized investments described in Section 404.024, Government Code.

(3) "Community water system" means a public water system that:

(A) serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents of the area served by the system; or

(B) regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents.

(4) "Construction" shall have the meaning assigned by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

(5) "Disadvantaged community" means an area meeting criteria established by board rule, which criteria shall be based on measures that may include single-family residential property valuation, income levels of residents of the area, or other similarly appropriate measures.

(5-a) "Eligible lending institution" means a financial institution that makes commercial loans, is either a depository of state funds or an institution of the Farm Credit System headquartered in this state, agrees to participate in a linked deposit program established under Section 15.611 and to provide collateral equal to the amount of linked deposits placed with it, and meets any other requirements established by board rule.

(6) "Federal Act" means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).

(7) "Nonprofit noncommunity water system" means a public water system that is not operated for profit and that:

(A) is owned by a political subdivision or nonprofit entity; and

(B) is not a community water system.

(8) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, state, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a state or any interstate body, as defined by Section 502 of the federal act, including a political subdivision as defined by this subchapter, if the person is eligible for financial assistance under federal law establishing the revolving fund.

(9) "Political subdivision" means a municipality, intermunicipal, interstate, or state agency, any other public entity eligible for assistance under this subchapter, or a nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67, if such entity is eligible for financial assistance under federal law establishing the state revolving fund or an additional state revolving fund.

(10) "Public water system" means a system that is owned by any person and that meets the definition of public water system in the Safe Drinking Water Act.

(11) "Public works" means any project to acquire, construct, improve, repair, or otherwise provide any buildings, structures, facilities, equipment, or other real or personal property or improvements designed for public use, protection, or enjoyment undertaken by a political subdivision and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds.

(12) "Revolving fund" means the state water pollution control revolving fund.

(13) "Safe Drinking Water Act" means Title XIV of the federal Public Health Service Act, commonly known as the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.).

(14) "Safe drinking water revolving fund" means the fund established by the board as an additional state revolving fund to provide financial assistance in accordance with the federal program established pursuant to the provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act.

(15) "Treatment works" has the meaning established by the federal act and the eligible components of the management programs established by Sections 319 and 320 of the federal act.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 420, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 184, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 477, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 6.15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 18.56, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 4.13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.