As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
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(1) “Governing body” means the council, board of directors, or city commissioner of any municipality or the county judge and quorum court of any county;
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(2) “Municipality” means a city of the first class or a city of the second class or an incorporated town;
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(3) “Refuse” means refuse, garbage, trash, rubbish, debris of any nature, including, without limitation, food waste, rejected animal or vegetable matter, whether or not intended for or resulting from the preparation of food, paper, clothing, grass, leaves, ashes, tin cans, bottles, and solid waste of any nature whatever;
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(4) “Equip” means to install or place in or on any building or structure equipment of any and every kind, whether or not affixed, including, without limitation, building service equipment, fixtures, heating equipment, air conditioning equipment, machinery, furniture, furnishings, and personal property of every kind;
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(5) “Sell” means to sell for such price, in whatever manner, and upon whatever terms the county or municipality shall determine, including, without limitation, public or private sale, and if public, pursuant to such advertisement as the county or municipality shall determine, to sell for cash or credit, payable in lump sum or in installments over such period as the county or municipality shall determine and, if on credit, with or without interest;
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(6) “Lease” means to lease for such rentals, for such periods, and upon such terms and conditions as the county or municipality shall determine, and to grant such purchase options for such prices and upon such terms and conditions as the county or municipality shall determine;
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(7) “Facilities” means any real property, personal property, or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be useful in controlling, collecting, removing, handling, reducing, disposing of, treating, and otherwise dealing in and concerning refuse, including, without limitation, rights-of-way, roads, streets, pipes, pipelines, reservoirs, utilities, materials, motor vehicles, equipment, fixtures, machinery, furniture, furnishings, instrumentalities, and other real, personal, or mixed property of every kind;
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(8) “Person” means any individual, corporation, or other organization of whatever nature, whether or not a property owner and whether residing within or without the corporate limits of the municipality or county involved.