Texas Water Code

§ 20.001 — LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE AND POLICY

WA § 20.001Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part C. WATER DEVELOPMENT · Ch. 20. TEXAS WATER RESOURCES FINANCE AUTHORITY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to:

(1)encourage and assist in the conservation and development of the water resources of the state for all useful and lawful purposes by the acquisition, improvement, extension, or construction of water resource conservation and development projects;

(2)encourage the optimum development of the feasible sites available for the construction or enlargement of dams and reservoirs for conservation of the public water of the state held in trust for the use and benefit of the public through assistance and participation in the acquisition and development of water storage facilities and systems or works necessary for filtration, treatment, and transportation of water from storage to points of treatment, filtration, and distribution;

(3)aid in the protection of the quality of the water resources of the state by encouraging and assisting in the financing of water quality enhancement projects; and

(4)aid in flood control, drainage, subsidence control, recharge, chloride control, agricultural soil and water conservation, and desalinization by encouraging and assisting in the financing of projects necessary to those purposes.

(b)The legislature finds that existing mechanisms for implementing the policies stated in Subsection (a) of this section may be enhanced by financing as provided in this subchapter.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 1987.