Sec. 246.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Public Utility Commission of Texas. (2) "Critical facility" means a central office that contains: (A) a switching unit for a telecommunications system that provides service to the general public; and (B) equipment and operating arrangements necessary for terminating and interconnecting: (i) customer lines and trunks; or (ii) trunks. (3) "Impervious lot coverage regulation" means an ordinance, regulation, rule, or other enactment by a county, municipality, or other authority that limits the development of real property based on the amount of impervious lot coverage to be constructed. The term does not include a flood control regulation. (4) "Regulating authority" means a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state that has adopted an impervious lot coverage regulation or a sedimentation, retention, or erosion regulation by ordinance, order, resolution, rule, or other enactment. (5) "Sedimentation, retention, or erosion regulation" means an ordinance, regulation, rule, or other enactment by a county, municipality, or other authority that limits or regulates the development of real property based on the development's effect on water quality resulting from sedimentation, retention, or erosion. The term does not include a: (A) flood control regulation; or (B) requirement for silt fences, vegetative cover, or other similar requirement. (6) "Telecommunications utility" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.002 , Utilities Code.
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