The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) AASHTO--The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
  (2) Border colonia--A geographic area that 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 located in an eligible county, that is identified as a colonia in the Texas Water Development Board's colonia database.
  (3) Border districts--The El Paso, Laredo, Pharr, and Odessa department districts.
  (4) Commission--The Texas Transportation Commission.
  (5) County road--A road owned and maintained by a county.
  (6) Department--The Texas Department of Transportation.
  (7) Eligible costs--The cost of constructing, administering, or providing drainage for a project, including the cost of leasing equipment used substantially in connection with a project, or acquiring materials used solely in connection with a project.
  (8) Eligible county--A county located in the El Paso, Laredo, or Pharr department districts, and Terrell County, that has adopted the model rules promulgated by the Texas Water Development Board under Water Code, §16.343.
  (9) Executive director--The executive director of the department.
  (10) Minimum colonia access road standards--Road standards for the applicable transportation facility, as described in:
    (A) the latest editions of appropriate AASHTO design guidelines; or
    (B) road standards adopted by a county under Local Government Code, §232.025 and approved by the executive director or designee as sufficient to protect the safety of the traveling public.
  (11) Public road--A road owned and maintained by a municipality, county, or the department.
  (12) Rural border county--An eligible county that:
    (A) has a population of less than 55,000, as determined by the latest decennial census; and
    (B) is adjacent to an international border.

Source Note: The provisions of this §15.101 adopted to be effective January 2, 2002, 26 TexReg 11047; amended to be effective February 19, 2004, 29 TexReg 1425; amended to be effective December 6, 2007, 32 TexReg 8856