Tex. Water Code § 6.012 · Subchapter B. ORGANIZATION OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD
GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board has general jurisdiction over:
(1) the development and implementation of a statewide water plan;
(2) the administration of the state's various water assistance and financing programs including those created by the constitution;
(3) the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program; and
(4) other areas specifically assigned to the board by this code or other law.
(b) The board has only those powers and duties previously delegated by law to the Texas Department of Water Resources that are specifically delegated to the board under this code and other laws of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.002, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1323 (S.B. 1436), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.6.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 410d97301ad57d6ef601df5089ca4d09ae5605789c3eff99f4f39d8ad7b0f4f3
- 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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