The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Drainage--includes, but is not limited to, the
construction or rehabilitation of bridges, catch basins, channels,
conduits, creeks, culverts, detention ponds, ditches, draws, flumes,
pipes, pumps, sloughs, treatment works, and appurtenances to those
items, whether natural or artificial, or using force or gravity, that
are used to draw off surface water from land, carry the water away,
collect, store, or treat the water, or divert the water into natural
or artificial watercourses.
(2) Eligible political subdivision--a district or authority
created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI,
Texas Constitution, a district or river authority that is subject
to Chapter 49 of the Texas Water Code and participates in cooperative
flood control planning, a municipality, or a county.
(3) Flood control--the construction or rehabilitation
of structural mitigation or anything that retains, diverts, redirects,
impedes, or otherwise modifies the flow of water.
(4) Flood mitigation--the implementation of actions,
including both structural and nonstructural solutions, to reduce flood
risk to protect against the loss of life and property.
(5) Flood Intended Use Plan--a document adopted by
the board that identifies the uses of the funds for flood projects.
(6) Flood project--a drainage, flood mitigation, or
flood control project, including:
(A) planning and design activities;
(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide nonstructural
and structural flood mitigation and drainage;
(C) construction of structural flood mitigation and
drainage projects, including projects that use nature-based features
to protect, mitigate, or reduce flood risk;
(D) construction and implementation of nonstructural
projects, including projects that use nature-based features to protect,
mitigate, or reduce flood risk;
(E) nonstructural or natural flood control strategies;
and
(F) a federally authorized project to deepen a ship
channel affected by a flooding event.
(7) Nonstructural flood mitigation--includes, but is
not limited to, measures such as acquisition of floodplain land for
use as public open space, acquisition and removal of buildings located
in a floodplain, relocation of residents of buildings removed from
a floodplain, flood warning systems, educational campaigns, land use
planning policies, watershed planning, flood mapping, and acquisition
of conservation easements.
(8) Metropolitan statistical area--an area so designated
by the United States Office of Management and Budget.
(9) Project Watershed--the area upstream and downstream
substantially affected by the proposed flood project, as documented
in the project application and sealed by a Professional Engineer or
Professional Geoscientist.
(10) Structural flood mitigation--includes, but is
not limited to, measures such as construction of storm water retention
basins, enlargement of stream channels, modification or reconstruction
of bridges, coastal erosion control measures, or beach nourishment.
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