{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-245.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 245.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(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.\n(2) \"Political subdivision\" means a political subdivision of the state, including a county, a school district, or a municipality.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 73, Sec. 2, eff. May 11, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 6 (S.B. 848), Sec. 1, eff. April 27, 2005.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE C. REGULATORY AUTHORITY APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 245. ISSUANCE OF LOCAL PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.245.htm#245.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"2c6c6d3741fa090816826ea0484253dbc16149efeafa7b08c7df094b7cc22e21","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-244.026","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-245.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}