Tex. Water Code § 8.013 · Subchapter B. ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission is composed of three commissioners as follows:
(1) the governor or the governor's designee;
(2) a member of the standing committee of the house of representatives that has jurisdiction over natural resources, appointed by the governor; and
(3) a member of the standing committee of the senate that has jurisdiction over water issues, appointed by the governor.
(b) The governor or the governor's designee shall act as the official representative of this state on the commission and shall exercise all powers and duties of this state as a member of the commission.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 39, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 6.013 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(54), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 46.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (H.B. 163), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.8.htm
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- 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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