30 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.1 - Definitions
In addition to the terms defined in Chapter 3 of this title (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Authorized program--A
federal program that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has delegated, authorized, or approved the State of Texas to administer, or a
program that the EPA has delegated, authorized, or approved the State of Texas
to administer in lieu of a federal program, under other provisions of 40 Code
of Federal Regulations and such delegation, authorization, or approval has not
been withdrawn or expired.
(2) Copy
of record--A true and correct copy of an electronic document received by an
electronic document receiving system, which can be viewed in a human-readable
format that clearly and accurately associates all the information provided in
the electronic document with descriptions or labeling of the information. A
copy of record includes:
(A) all electronic
signatures contained in or associated with that document;
(B) the date and time of receipt;
and
(C) any other information used
to record the meaning of the document or the circumstances of its
receipt.
(3) Electronic
document--Any information that is submitted in digital form to satisfy
requirements of an authorized program or other designated state programs.
Information may include data, text, sounds, codes, computer programs, software,
or databases.
(4) Electronic
document receiving system--A set of apparatus, procedures, software, or records
used to receive electronic documents.
(5) Electronic signature--Any information in
digital form that is included in or associated with an electronic document for
the purpose of expressing the same meaning and intention as would a handwritten
signature if affixed to an equivalent paper document with the same reference to
the same content.
(6) Electronic
signature agreement--A document drafted by the executive director and signed by
an individual with respect to an electronic signature device that the
individual will use to create his or her electronic signature and whereon the
individual acknowledges the obligations connected with preventing compromise of
the electronic signature device.
(7) Electronic signature device--A code or
other mechanism that is used to create electronic signatures.
(8) Federal program--Any program administered
by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under any provision of 40
Code of Federal Regulations.
(9)
State program--Any program, other than a federal program administered by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency under any provision of 40 Code of
Federal Regulations, that is implemented by the commission under the Texas
Water Code, Texas Health and Safety Code, and other laws of the State of
Texas.
(10) Handwritten
signature--The scripted name or legal mark of an individual, made by that
individual with a marking or writing instrument such as a pen or stylus and
executed or adopted with the present intention to authenticate a writing in a
permanent form.
(11) Signatory--An
individual authorized to and who signs a document using a format acceptable to
the commission.
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