40 Tex. Admin. Code § 176.1 - Definitions
The following words and terms when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The Veterans
Land Board of the State of Texas.
(2) Bona fide resident--An individual living
within the State of Texas, with the intent to remain in Texas.
(3) Chairman--The commissioner of the General
Land Office who is also chairman of the Veterans Land Board.
(4) Covenants--The bond covenants undertaken
by the Veterans Land Board in association with the sale of bonds.
(5) Fund--The State Veterans Home Fund, which
is comprised of the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued for the purpose of
acquisition, construction, operation and maintenance of a state veterans home
or homes, revenues derived from the operation of one or more state veterans
homes, and the proceeds from other sources which are used for the acquisition,
construction, operation and maintenance of a state veterans home or
homes.
(6) Operator--The entity
under contract with the Board to manage a State Veterans Home or
Homes.
(7) Spouse --Means a person
of the opposite sex who is a wife or husband.
(8) Surviving spouse--A person of the
opposite sex who was the spouse of a veteran at the time of the veteran's
death, and who lived with the veteran continuously from the date of marriage to
the date of the veteran's death (except where there was a separation which was
due to the misconduct of, or procured by, the veteran without fault of the
spouse) and who has not remarried or (in cases not involving remarriage) has
not since the death of the veteran, and after September 19, 1962, lived with
another person and held himself or herself out openly to the public to be the
spouse of such other person.
(9)
State Veterans Home (SVH)--Retirement home, retirement village, home for the
aging, or other facility that furnishes shelter, food, medical attention,
nursing services, medical services, social activities, or other personal
services or attention to veterans.
(10) DADS--Texas Department of Aging and
Disability Services.
(11)
USDVA--The United States Department of Veterans Affairs or any successor
thereto.
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