The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Commission--The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. (2) Council--The Texas On-site Wastewater Treatment Research Council. (3) Demonstrate--To make a display of, to show outwardly, hence, to show or prove publicly as by the actual operation, the special value or merits of an article, process, or product with a view to its introduction or sale, also to teach by demonstration, to explain, or to illustrate. (4) Donor--One or more individuals or organizations that offer to give financial assistance to the council. (5) Executive Secretary--An employee of the commission who acts as a liaison between the council and the commission. (6) Officer or member--Any one of the eleven members of the council that has duly been appointed by the governor. (7) On-site wastewater treatment system--A system of treatment devices or disposal facilities that: (A) is used for the disposal of domestic sewage, excluding liquid waste resulting from the process used in industrial and commercial establishments; (B) is located on the site where the sewage is produced; and (C) produces not more than 5,000 gallons of waste a day. (8) Other council representative--An employee of the council, an employee of the commission acting on behalf of the council, and any other person(s) acting on behalf of the council. (9) Private Research Center--A non-profit or for profit non-governmental organization that has an established research function, as defined in council rules, as opposed to exclusively being involved in the manufacturing or sale of goods. This definition does not affect the eligibility and grant selection criteria contained elsewhere in the rules of the council. (10) Research--Studious inquiry or examination and usually critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation having for its aim the discovery of new facts and their correct interpretation, the revision of accepted conclusions, theories or laws in the light of newly discovered facts or the practiced application of such new or revised conclusions. (11) UGMS--The Uniform Grant Management Standards issued by the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning pursuant to the Uniform Grant Management Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 783, and the related rules in 1 TAC §§5.141 - 5.167. |
