Tex. Water Code § 26.0275 · Subchapter B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
RESTRICTION ON PERMITS FOR DISCHARGES INTO CERTAIN SEGMENTS AND DRAINAGE AREAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Classified segment" means any portion of Devils River located in Val Verde County and identified in Appendices A and C of 30 T.A.C. Section 307.10 as it existed on September 1, 2025.
(2) "Unclassified water body" means a water body other than a classified segment.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the commission may not issue a new permit authorizing the direct discharge from a domestic or industrial wastewater treatment facility of any waste, effluent, or pollutants into a classified segment or an unclassified water body in Val Verde County that drains into a classified segment.
(c) This section does not affect the authority of the commission to issue:
(1) an individual or general permit for a municipal separate storm sewer system; or
(2) a general permit for stormwater and associated non-stormwater discharges.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 894 (H.B. 3333), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.26.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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