The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Committee--The Texas Antiquities Committee.
2. (2) Person--Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation that is public or private and profit or nonprofit, trust, political subdivision, agency of the state, or agency of the federal government who conducts or causes to be conducted any activity which would cause damage to a state archeological landmark.
3. (3) Significant anomaly--Best engineering judgment should be used to determine if an anomaly is of significant size, using a magnetometer. As an approximation, an undefined anomaly equal to or larger than that to be expected from a standard 55 gallon steel drum might be considered significant enough to warrant avoidance or physical inspection by a diver.
4. (4) State archeological landmark--Sunken or abandoned pre-twentieth century ships and wrecks of the sea, and any part of the contents of them.
5. (5) Submerged lands--Land belonging to the State of Texas, including its tidelands, submerged land, and the beds of its rivers and the sea within jurisdiction of the State of Texas.

Source Note:The provisions of this §28.2 adopted to be effective January 26, 1981, 6 TexReg 49; amended to be effective October 12, 1982, 7 TexReg 3493; transferred effective August 30, 1995, as published in the Texas Register October 17, 1995, 20 TexReg 8442.