{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 572.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Facility\" means a facility necessary or incidental to the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage or to the conservation, storage, transportation, treatment, or distribution of water, including a plant site, right-of-way, and property, equipment, or right of any kind useful in connection with the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage or with the conservation, storage, transportation, treatment, or distribution of water.\n(2) \"Private entity\" means an entity, other than a public entity, involved solely in financing, constructing, operating, or maintaining water and sewer facilities.\n(3) \"Public entity\" means a political entity or corporate body of this state, including a county, municipality, or district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, or a water supply or sewer service corporation.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 422.001 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 1169), Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 2025.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE C. WATER PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 572. PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCIES FOR PROVISION OF WATER OR SEWER SERVICE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.572.htm#572.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"26256c0583534927c5e2bb98a35a25c8b49309f5b1a827110fbee5a7c7ea9c94","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-571.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-572.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}