Texas Water Code

§ 16.026 — STATEWIDE WATER PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM

WA § 16.026Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part C. WATER DEVELOPMENT · Ch. 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT · Art. B. DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR

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(a)The executive administrator shall develop and implement a statewide water public awareness program to educate residents of this state about water. The program shall take into account the differences in water needs of various geographic regions of the state and shall be designed to complement and support existing local and regional water education or awareness programs.

(b)The executive administrator is required to develop and implement the program required by Subsection (a) in a state fiscal biennium only if the legislature appropriates sufficient money in that biennium specifically for that purpose.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (H.B. 4), Sec. 8, eff. June 15, 2007. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.18, eff. September 1, 2007. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Water Code, Section 16.401 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 457 (S.B. 28), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.