Texas Agriculture Code

§ 201.121 — REGULATORY POWERS; PETITION FOR ADOPTION

AG § 201.121Title 7. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION · Ch. 201. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION · Art. F. LAND-USE REGULATION

Statute text

(a)If petitioned by 50 or more eligible voters in the conservation district, the directors of a conservation district may propose an ordinance governing the use of land within the conservation district in the interest of conserving soil and soil resources and preventing and controlling soil erosion.

(b)An ordinance adopted under this subchapter may:

(1)require the carrying out of necessary engineering operations, including the construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, dikes, ponds, ditches, and other necessary structures;

(2)require observance of particular methods of cultivation, including:

(A)contour cultivating, contour furrowing, lister furrowing, or strip cropping;

(B)planting, sowing, or seeding land with water-conserving and erosion-preventing plants, trees, or grasses; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1476, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.