Sec. 552.062.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Benefitted property" means a lot or tract to which water or sewer service is made available under this subchapter.
(2)  "Cost of improvement" includes engineering expenses, fiscal fees, and other expenses incident to the construction of improvements to the water system, sewer system, or both systems in addition to the other costs of the improvements.
(3)  "Sewer system improvements" means the laying of mains, laterals, and extensions and all appliances and necessary adjuncts required for the sanitary disposal of excreta and offal from the area in which the improvements are made but does not include off-site mains, laterals, and extensions and appliances and adjuncts necessary to connect the improvements to the existing sewer system operated by the municipality.
(4)  "Water system improvements" means the laying of a water main with gates, tees, crosses, taps, meter boxes, manholes, or extensions, and any other appurtenances required to furnish water for domestic or commercial purposes to the area in which the improvements are constructed, but does not include any off-site appurtenances required to connect the improvements to the existing water system operated by the municipality.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.062 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.