Texas Water Code

§ 1.003 — PUBLIC POLICY

WA § 1.003Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Art. A. PURPOSE AND POLICY

Statute text

It is the public policy of the state to provide for the conservation and development of the state's natural resources, including:

(1)the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of the state's storm and floodwaters and the waters of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and other useful purposes;

(2)the reclamation and irrigation of the state's arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;

(3)the reclamation and drainage of the state's overflowed land and other land needing drainage;

(4)the conservation and development of its forest, water, and hydroelectric power;

(5)the navigation of the state's inland and coastal waters;

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (H.B. 4), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1311 (H.B. 3391), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011.