13 Tex. Admin. Code § 12.5 - Definitions
When used in this chapter, the following words or terms have the following meanings unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation
Program. Means the grant or loan program created by Texas Government Code
§§
442.0081 -
442.0083.
(2) The Courthouse Fund Account. Means a
separate account in the general revenue fund. The account consists of transfers
made to account, payment on loans made under the historic courthouse
preservation program, grants and donations received for the purposes of the
historic courthouse preservation program, and income earned on investments of
money in the account.
(3) Texas
Courthouse Preservation Program Advisory Committee. Means a committee that
serves the commission in matters concerning the courthouse program.
(4) Courthouse. Means the principal buildings
which serve as the primary seat of county government of the county in which it
is located, and its surrounding sites (typically the courthouse square). The
courthouse includes additions or annexes physically attached to the building
that were constructed for the purpose of expanding the functions of the
courthouse, but it does not include other freestanding buildings on the
site.
(5) Historic courthouse.
Means a building that currently or previously served as a county courthouse, as
defined in paragraph (4) of this section, and which entered service as a
courthouse at least 50 years prior to the due date of the grant application,
using the first commissioners court meeting as its first date of service. A
historic courthouse may include additions or annexes physically attached to the
courthouse for at least 50 years prior to the due date of the grant
application.
(6) Historic
courthouse project. Means an undertaking to preserve or restore a historic
courthouse.
(7) Master preservation
plan or master plan. Means a comprehensive planning document that includes the
historical background of a courthouse, as well as a detailed analysis of its
architectural integrity, current condition, and future needs for preservation.
The commission shall promulgate specific guidelines for developing the
document.
(8) Conservation
Easement. Means a voluntary legal agreement whereby the property owner grants
the Commission an interest in the property for the purpose of preservation of
historic, architectural, scenic and open space values, also may be called a
preservation easement.
(9)
Construction Documents (also known as contract documents). Means the written
and graphic instructions used for construction of a project which are prepared
by an architect and their engineering consultants. May also be called
architectural plans and specifications.
(10) Restoration. Means the act or process of
accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it
appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features
from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from
the restored period. (As defined by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards
for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition, or as
revised)).
(11) Reconstruction.
Means the act or process of depicting, by means of new construction, the form,
features, and detailing of a non-surviving site, landscape, building,
structure, or object for the purpose of replicating its appearance at a
specific period of time and in its historic location. (As defined by the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
(1995 edition, or as revised)).
(12) Preservation. Means the act or process
of applying measures necessary to sustain the existing form, integrity, and
materials of a historic property. (As defined by the Secretary of the
Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (1995 edition, or
as revised)).
(13) Rehabilitation.
Means the act or process of making possible a compatible use for a property
through repair, alterations, and additions while preserving those portions or
features which convey its historical, cultural, or architectural values. (As
defined by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of
Historic Properties (1995 edition, or as revised)).
(14) Full restoration. Means a construction
grant to undertake a project to restore a courthouse to its appearance at an
agreed upon restoration period, which includes removing additions and
alterations from later periods and reconstructing features missing from the
restoration period. This treatment applies to the site, exterior of the
courthouse, and interior public spaces such as the corridors, stairways, and
courtrooms. Secondary spaces may be preserved or rehabilitated rather than
restored. Additions or attached annexes must be removed if they post-date the
selected restoration period. Retention or removal of site features from outside
of the restoration period may be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
(15) Restoration period. Means the date
selected for the purpose of defining the full restoration of a courthouse,
representing the most significant time in the courthouse's history. Selection
of the restoration period must be justified based on documentary and physical
evidence and surviving integrity of historic materials from that period, and it
must be described in the master plan for the restoration project. The
restoration period represents a time when the building in its entirety
exhibited a cohesive architectural style exemplifying the work of an architect
or a period when the building experienced a significant historical
event.
(16) Match requirement.
Means the percentage of the total project cost that must be provided by a
county or municipality.
(17)
Current cash match. Means monies to be paid by a county or municipality as part
of the preservation project described in a current request for grant or loan
funding.
(18) Current in-kind
match. Materials and labor to be donated as part of the preservation project
described in a current request for grant or loan funding.
(19) Planning match. Means county or
municipal monies spent on an approved master preservation plan or approved
construction plans and specifications.
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