Section 52.002 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Adjacent coastal county" means a county bordering the Gulf of Mexico that has an onshore storage facility for a deepwater port for which an application has been filed.(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the General Land Office or the commissioner's designated representative.(3) "Deepwater port" means a facility defined in Section 3(10), Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1502(10)) , and includes an onshore storage tank facility and the pipelines located in this state that connect the onshore storage tank facility with an offshore facility of a deepwater port.(4) "Person" means an individual, association, organization, trust, partnership, or corporation.(5) "Secretary" means the United States secretary of transportation.(6) "State or local agency" means a board, commission, department, office, agency, or political subdivision of the state or of a county or municipality, or another public body created by or under state law.Tex. Transp. Code § 52.002
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.