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Texas Water Code - WATER § 15.901. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In this subchapter:

(1) “Fund” means the disadvantaged rural community water and wastewater financial assistance fund.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1151, § 17(1).

(3) “Rural community” means:

(A) a municipality or county with a population of less than 5,000;

(B) any portion of a political subdivision with a service population of less than 5,000 that is located outside the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality;  or

(C) a predominately residential area with a population of less than 5,000 that is located outside the corporate boundaries of a municipality.

(4) “Disadvantaged rural community” means a rural community with a median household income that is not greater than 75 percent of the median state household income for the most recent year for which the applicable statistics are available.

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