Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 245.001 · Chapter 245. ISSUANCE OF LOCAL PERMITS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 73, Sec. 2, eff. May 11, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 6 (S.B. 848), Sec. 1, eff. April 27, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.245.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 245.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 218.201DEFINITION.Printed as Section 245.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 397.006CONSULTATION WITH OR NOTIFICATION TO MILITARY BASE OR DEFENSE FACILITY AUTHORITIES: PROPOSED STRUCTURE.Printed as Section 245.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 397A.051APPLICABILITY.Printed as Section 245.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 397A.055COMMISSION REVIEW OF NEW PROJECTS.Printed as Section 245.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 397A.101APPLICABILITY.Printed as Section 245.001
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 397A.105COMMISSION REVIEW OF NEW PROJECTS.Printed as Section 245.001
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