Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 221.021 — ACTIONS TO ESTABLISH OR MAINTAIN MITIGATION BANK

NR § 221.021Title 12. WETLANDS · Ch. 221. WETLAND MITIGATION · Art. B. WETLAND MITIGATION BANKING AND CONTRACTS

Statute text

(a)With the approval of the General Land Office, a state agency or eligible political subdivision may take any necessary and reasonable action to comply with a federal requirement to establish or maintain a mitigation bank. An action under this section may include:

(1)authorizing or making a continuing study of wetland areas and wetland mitigation programs;

(2)consistent with federal requirements, engaging in a wetland mitigation program and adopting and enforcing permanent land use and control measures on land the agency or subdivision owns in a mitigation bank;

(3)consulting with, providing information to, and entering into an agreement with a federal agency to identify and publish information about wetland areas;

(4)cooperating with a federal or state agency in connection with a study or investigation regarding the adequacy of a local measure with respect to a federal or state wetland program;

(5)improving the long-range management or use of wetland or a wetland mitigation bank;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 24.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.