Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8801.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the regulation of groundwater withdrawal in the district to end subsidence, which contributes to or precipitates flooding or overflow of the district, including rising water resulting from a storm or hurricane.
(b) The legislature intends that the district shall administer and enforce this chapter and exercise the district's rights, powers, and duties in a manner that will effectively and expeditiously accomplish the purpose of this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8801.htm
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- sha256 86a392177bb0e44089514eb879e4688ccd16b17a0bd338160b3b22da231ecb83
- Composed by
- 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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