Texas Statutes
Subchapter J. -1. Exclusion of Urban Property From Certain Water Districts
Section 49.3181. Definitions

Sec. 49.3181. DEFINITIONS. As used in this subchapter:
(1) "District" means any district or authority created under Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, the principal purpose of which is, or that is principally engaged in, supplying water for the irrigation of agricultural lands.
(2) "Urban property" means land that:
(A) has been subdivided into town lots, town lots and blocks, or small parcels of the same general nature as town lots or town lots and blocks and is designed, intended, or suitable for residential or other nonagricultural purposes, as distinguished from farm acreage, and includes streets, alleys, parkways, parks, and railroad property and rights-of-way within that subdivided land; and
(B) is in a subdivision:
(i) that is within the corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality that has subdivision approval jurisdiction under Chapter 212, Local Government Code; and
(ii) for which a plat or map has been filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the subdivision or any part of the subdivision is located.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 19.005(a), eff. September 1, 2015.

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