DEFINITIONS.
Tex. GOV'T Code § 775.001.
in effectIn this chapter:
(1) "Agency" means a state office, institution, or other state governmental entity.
(2) "Colonia" means a geographic area that:
(A) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921 , Water Code, and consists of 11 or more dwellings that are located in close proximity to each other in an area that may be described as a community or neighborhood; and
(B) is:
(i) located in a county any part of which is within 50 miles of an international border; or
(ii) located in a county:
(a) any part of which is within 100 miles of an international border; and
(b) that contains the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
(3) "Nonborder colonia" has the meaning assigned by Section 15.001 , Water Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 404, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 11.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.