Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 573.001 · Chapter 573. AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES AND DISTRICTS TO REGULATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
COUNTY OR DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This chapter applies only to:
(1) a county with a population of 2.8 million or more;
(2) a district or authority created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that:
(A) has boundaries coterminous with a county described by Subdivision (1); and
(B) is authorized to provide stormwater drainage and flood control facilities;
(3) a county with a population of more than 1.3 million for which the primary source of drinking water is an underground aquifer; or
(4) a county with a population of 800,000 or more that contains a portion of the Edwards Aquifer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 422.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(92), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 195, Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 2003.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 423.001 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(c)(3), eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 524 (S.B. 1299), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.573.htm
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