Words and terms used in this subchapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

1. (1) Adopted Desired Future Conditions--The desired future conditions, subject to appeal under this subchapter and adopted pursuant to Texas Water Code §36.108.
2. (2) Districts--The groundwater conservation districts that have adopted desired future conditions pursuant to Texas Water Code §36.108(d).
3. (3) Evidence--Information, consisting of testimony, written materials, material objects, or in any other form, that is relevant to the reasonableness of the desired future conditions.
4. (4) Executive Administrator--The executive administrator of the board or his designee.
5. (5) Petition--A written document, with evidence, submitted to the board and appealing the adoption of a desired future condition by the districts in a groundwater management area.
6. (6) Petitioner--A person or entity with a legally defined interest in groundwater in the groundwater management area; a district in or adjacent to the groundwater management area; or a regional water planning group for a region in the groundwater management area that appeals the approval of a desired future condition.
7. (7) Respondent--The groundwater conservation districts in the groundwater management area that adopted the desired future conditions under Texas Water Code §36.108.

Source Note:The provisions of this §356.42 adopted to be effective January 23, 2008, 33 TexReg 577.