{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-399.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 399.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Local government\" means a municipality or county.\n(2) \"Program\" means a program established under this chapter.\n(3) \"Qualified improvement\" means a permanent improvement fixed to real property and intended to decrease water or energy consumption or demand, including a product, device, or interacting group of products or devices on the customer's side of the meter that uses energy technology to generate electricity, provide thermal energy, or regulate temperature.\n(4) \"Qualified project\" means the installation or modification of a qualified improvement.\n(5) \"Real property\" means privately owned commercial or industrial real property or residential real property with five or more dwelling units.\n(6) \"Region\" means a region designated under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 416 (S.B. 385), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 12. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT","SUBTITLE C. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 399. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY WATER AND ENERGY IMPROVEMENT REGIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.399.htm#399.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"4b429812259d385ed62a8e646b9a5bb6a6b85042076f55abc8301fd2ae10bd03","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-399.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-399.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}