The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words defined in the applicable provisions of the Texas Water Code, Chapters 15 and 16, and not defined here shall have the meanings provided by such chapters.

1. (1) Board--The Texas Water Development Board.
2. (2) Eligible applicant--A political subdivision that has been designated, in writing to the executive administrator, by the regional water planning group as a representative of the regional water planning group to receive funds for all or part of the cost of developing or revising regional water plans defined in Texas Water Code, §16.053 and Chapter 357 of this title (relating to Regional Water Planning).
3. (3) Executive administrator--The executive administrator of the board or a designated representative.
4. (4) Political subdivision--City, county, district or authority created under the Texas Constitution, Article III, §52, or Article XVI, §59, any other political subdivision of the state, any interstate compact commission to which the state is a party, and any nonprofit water supply corporation created and operating under Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1933, 1st Called Session, Chapter 76 (Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Article 1434a).
5. (5) Regional water plan--Plan or amendment to an adopted or approved regional water plan developed by a regional water planning group for a regional water planning area pursuant to the Texas Water Code, §16.053 and Chapter 357 of this title (relating to Regional Water Planning Guidelines).
6. (6) Regional water planning area--Area designated pursuant to the Texas Water Code, §16.053 and §357.3 of this title (relating to Designation of Regional Water Planning Areas).
7. (7) Regional water planning group--Group designated pursuant to the Texas Water Code, §16.053 and §357.4 of this title (relating to Designation of Regional Water Planning Groups) to develop regional water plans.
8. (8) State environmental planning criteria--Criteria adopted by the board for inclusion in the state water plan after coordinating with staff of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and used for evaluating the feasibility of alternative water management strategies for planning purposes in the absence of information from site specific studies.
9. (9) State population and demand projections--Population and water demand projections contained in the state water plan or adopted by the board after consultation with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the Texas Department of Agriculture, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and regional water planning groups in preparation for revision of the state water plan.
10. (10) State water plan--The most recent state water plan adopted by the board under the Texas Water Code, Chapter 16.

Source Note:The provisions of this §355.91 adopted to be effective March 11, 1998, 23 TexReg 2330; amended to be effective July 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 5036.