Tex. Water Code § 16.052 · Subchapter C. PLANNING
INTERREGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board, at an appropriate time in each five-year cycle for the adoption of a new state water plan, shall appoint an interregional planning council. The members of the council serve until a new state water plan is adopted.
(b) The council consists of one member of each regional water planning group. Each regional water planning group shall nominate one or more members for appointment to the council, and the board shall consider the nominations in making appointments to the council.
(c) The purposes of the council are to:
(1) improve coordination among the regional water planning groups, and between each regional water planning group and the board, in meeting the goals of the state water planning process and the water needs of the state as a whole;
(2) facilitate dialogue regarding water management strategies that could affect multiple regional water planning areas; and
(3) share best practices regarding operation of the regional water planning process.
(d) The council shall:
(1) hold at least one public meeting; and
(2) prepare a report to the board on the council's work.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 745 (H.B. 807), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.16.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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