Texas Administrative Code › Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE › Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES › Chapter 7 - DADS ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES › Subchapter D - PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS DONATED BY INDIVIDUALS OR COMMUNITY GROUPS › Section 7.153 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise.
(1) Asset Management--The
				  Central Office division whose staff are responsible for overseeing TDMHMR's
				  real property.
(2) Board--The Texas
				  Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
(3) Business entity--A sole proprietorship
				  (including a person), partnership, firm, corporation, holding company,
				  joint-stock company, receivership, trust, or any other entity recognized by
				  law.
(4) Community group--A
				  volunteer services council that is affiliated with TDMHMR or a group of people
				  associated with an organization (e.g. civic, fraternal, corporate, religious,
				  social, service, community, or educational).
(5) Construction--The implementation of a
				  physical improvement (e.g., erecting, remodeling, renovating, or altering a
				  building or addition thereto, gazebo, pavilion, road, sidewalk, fountain, or
				  pond) and/or installing or extending a building system (e.g., roofing,
				  mechanical, plumbing, or electrical system) that is integral to the durability
				  and habitability of a building (e.g., air conditioning units, water or
				  wastewater distribution lines, electrical wiring located in walls or
				  underground, and subflooring or foundation work).
(6) Construction documents--Construction
				  drawings, specifications, and all addenda issued prior to, and all
				  modifications issued after execution of the contract.
(7) Dedicated construction account--A unique,
				  restricted interest-bearing account insured by an agency of the federal
				  government that is established for the sole purpose of ensuring that sufficient
				  funds are in place prior to initiating construction of a permanent
				  improvement.
(8) Donor--A person,
				  community group, or business entity who wants to donate a permanent
				  improvement.
(9) Director, facility
				  community relations--The staff person who is responsible for coordinating the
				  community relations functions, volunteer programs, and fundraising at a
				  facility.
(10) Endowment fund--A
				  permanent, restricted fund established and maintained by the volunteer services
				  council to fund, by generating interest income from the principal fund, the
				  ongoing operating expenses for a specific permanent improvement.
(11) Facility--A state school, state
				  hospital, state center, or other real property, except Central Office, that is
				  operated by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
				  (TDMHMR).
(12) Facility chief
				  executive officer (CEO)--The chief administrator of a facility.
(13) Landscaping--An improvement involving
				  the systematic installation of plant materials (e.g., trees, shrubs, grass,
				  blooming plants, irrigation systems, and/or grading, clearing, or other
				  alteration of the existing topography and composition of the land).
(14) Local project manager--A facility staff
				  person designated by the permanent improvement committee who acts on behalf of
				  the permanent improvement committee in dealing with the design professional and
				  contractor for the duration of the improvement's construction.
(15) Permanent improvement (improvement)--A
				  facility improvement that requires construction or an improvement consisting of
				  landscaping.
(16) Permanent
				  improvement committee (PI committee)--The committee that is appointed by the
				  executive committee of the facility's volunteer services council for the
				  purpose of overseeing and/or donating a permanent improvement.
(17) SMHMRFs--State Mental Health and Mental
				  Retardation Facilities.
(18)
				  TDMHMR--The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
(19) Volunteer services council (VSC)--A
				  facility's 501(c)(3) organization that is formed for generating resources on
				  behalf of the facility and to appoint a permanent improvement committee to
				  implement permanent improvements.
(20) Volunteer services council (VSC)
				  board--The board of directors of the facility's volunteer services
				  council.
(21) Volunteer services
				  council (VSC) chair--The primary officer of the board of directors of the
				  facility volunteer services council, elected according to the VSC
				  bylaws.