In this chapter:

1. (1) "Grantee" means a person, other than an electric utility, as defined by Section 31.002, who:

   1. (A) leases property from a landowner; and
   2. (B) operates a solar power facility on the property.
2. (1-a) "Recycle" means the processing of an item to recover a usable product.
3. (2) "Solar energy device" has the meaning assigned by Section 185.001.

4. (3) "Solar power facility" includes:

   1. (A) a solar energy device; and
   2. (B) a facility or equipment, other than a facility or equipment owned by an electric utility, as defined by Section 31.002, used to support the operation of a solar energy device, including an underground or aboveground electrical transmission or communications line, an electric transformer, a battery energy storage facility or other energy storage facility, telecommunications equipment, a road, a meteorological tower, or a maintenance yard.
5. (4) "Solar power facility agreement" means a lease agreement between a grantee and a landowner that authorizes the grantee to operate a solar power facility on the leased property.

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 582 (S.B. 760), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (H.B. 3228), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.