Tex.
Health & Safety Code Section 361.701
Definitions
(1)
“Extension of credit” includes a lease finance transaction:(A)
in which the lessor does not initially select the leased solid waste facility and does not during the lease term control the daily operations or maintenance of the solid waste facility; or(B)
that conforms with, as appropriate, regulations issued by:(i)
the appropriate federal banking agency or the appropriate state bank supervisor, as those terms are defined by Section 3, Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813); or(ii)
the National Credit Union Administration Board.(2)
“Financial or administrative function” includes a function such as a function of a credit manager, accounts payable officer, accounts receivable officer, personnel manager, comptroller, or chief financial officer, or a similar function.(3)
“Foreclosure” and “foreclose” mean, respectively, acquiring, and to acquire, a solid waste facility through:(A)
purchase at sale under a judgment or decree, power of sale, or nonjudicial foreclosure sale;(B)
a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or similar conveyance from a trustee;(C)
repossession, if the solid waste facility was security for an extension of credit previously contracted;(D)
conveyance under an extension of credit previously contracted, including the termination of a lease agreement; or(E)
any other formal or informal manner by which the person acquires, for subsequent disposition, title to or possession of a solid waste facility in order to protect the security interest of the person.(4)
“Lender” means:(A)
an insured depository institution, as that term is defined by Section 3, Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813);(B)
an insured credit union, as that term is defined by Section 101, Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1752);(C)
a bank or association chartered under the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. Section 2001 et seq.);(D)
a leasing or trust company that is an affiliate of an insured depository institution;(E)
any person, including a successor or assignee of any such person, that makes a bona fide extension of credit to or takes or acquires a security interest from a nonaffiliated person;(F)
the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, or any other entity that in a bona fide manner buys or sells loans or interests in loans;(G)
a person that insures or guarantees against a default in the repayment of an extension of credit, or acts as a surety with respect to an extension of credit, to a nonaffiliated person;(H)
a person that provides title insurance and that acquires a solid waste facility as a result of assignment or conveyance in the course of underwriting claims and claims settlement; and(I)
an agency of this state that makes an extension of credit to or acquires a security interest from:(i)
a federal or state agency;(ii)
a county, municipality, or other body politic or corporate of this state, including:(a)
a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;(b)
an interstate compact commission to which this state is a party; or(c)
a nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Chapter 67 (Nonprofit Water Supply or Sewer Service Corporations), Water Code; or(iii)
another person.(5)
“Operational function” includes a function such as that of a facility or plant manager, operations manager, chief operating officer, or chief executive officer.(6)
“Security interest” includes a right under a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, judgment lien, pledge, security agreement, factoring agreement, or lease and any other right accruing to a person to secure the repayment of money, the performance of a duty, or any other obligation by a nonaffiliated person.(7)
“Solid waste facility”:(A)
means:(i)
all contiguous land, including structures, appurtenances, and other improvements on the land, used for processing, storing, or disposing of solid waste, including a publicly or privately owned solid waste facility consisting of several processing, storage, or disposal operational units such as one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or a combination of units; and(ii)
any building, structure, installation, equipment, pipe, or pipeline, including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned treatment works, well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch, landfill, storage container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or aircraft, or any site or area where a hazardous substance has been deposited, stored, disposed of, placed, or otherwise come to be located; and(B)
does not include a:(i)
consumer product in consumer use; or(ii)
vessel.
Source:
Section 361.701 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.361.htm#361.701
(accessed Jun. 5, 2024).