Tex.
Local Gov't Code Section 246.001
Definitions
(1)
“Commission” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas.(2)
“Critical facility” means a central office that contains:(A)
a switching unit for a telecommunications system that provides service to the general public; and(B)
equipment and operating arrangements necessary for terminating and interconnecting:(i)
customer lines and trunks; or(ii)
trunks.(3)
“Impervious lot coverage regulation” means an ordinance, regulation, rule, or other enactment by a county, municipality, or other authority that limits the development of real property based on the amount of impervious lot coverage to be constructed. The term does not include a flood control regulation.(4)
“Regulating authority” means a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state that has adopted an impervious lot coverage regulation or a sedimentation, retention, or erosion regulation by ordinance, order, resolution, rule, or other enactment.(5)
“Sedimentation, retention, or erosion regulation” means an ordinance, regulation, rule, or other enactment by a county, municipality, or other authority that limits or regulates the development of real property based on the development’s effect on water quality resulting from sedimentation, retention, or erosion. The term does not include a:(A)
flood control regulation; or(B)
requirement for silt fences, vegetative cover, or other similar requirement.(6)
“Telecommunications utility” has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002 (Definitions), Utilities Code.
Source:
Section 246.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.246.htm#246.001
(accessed May 18, 2024).