Texas Water Code
§ 49.001 — DEFINITIONS
WA § 49.001Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 49. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)As used in this chapter:
(1)"District" means any district or authority created by authority of either Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, regardless of how created. The term "district" shall not include any navigation district or port authority created under general or special law, any conservation and reclamation district created pursuant to Chapter 62, Acts of the 52nd Legislature, 1951 (Article 8280-141, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), or any conservation and reclamation district governed by Chapter 36 unless a special law creating the district or amending the law creating the district states that this chapter applies to that district.
(2)"Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(3)"Board" means the governing body of a district.
(4)"Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.
(5)"Water supply corporation" means a nonprofit water supply or sewer service corporation created or operating under Chapter 67.
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 94, eff. September 1, 2025.