Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 231.221 · Subchapter K. DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN HOOD COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The legislature finds that:
(1) all of Hood County is located within the watershed that drains into Lake Granbury and the Brazos River;
(2) the area that surrounds Lake Granbury and the Brazos River in Hood County is or will be frequented for recreational purposes by residents from every part of the state;
(3) orderly development of the area and the watershed is of concern to the entire state; and
(4) without adequate development regulations, the area and the watershed will be developed in ways that endanger and interfere with the proper use of that area as a place of recreation to the detriment of the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare.
(b) The powers granted under this subchapter are for the purpose of:
(1) promoting the public health, safety, peace, morals, and general welfare;
(2) encouraging recreation; and
(3) safeguarding and preventing the pollution of the state's rivers and lakes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1227, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.231.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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