Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Water Development
Chapter 16 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Water Development

Section 16.011. General Responsibilities of the Executive Administrator - Sec. 16.011. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR. The executive...

Section 16.012. Studies, Investigations, Surveys - Sec. 16.012. STUDIES, INVESTIGATIONS, SURVEYS. (a) The executive administrator shall...

Section 16.0121. Water Audits - Sec. 16.0121. WATER AUDITS. (a) In this section, "retail public...

Section 16.013. Engineering, Hydrologic, and Geologic Functions - Sec. 16.013. ENGINEERING, HYDROLOGIC, AND GEOLOGIC FUNCTIONS. The executive administrator...

Section 16.014. Silt Load of Streams, Etc - Sec. 16.014. SILT LOAD OF STREAMS, ETC. The executive administrator...

Section 16.015. Studies of Underground Water Supply - Sec. 16.015. STUDIES OF UNDERGROUND WATER SUPPLY. The executive administrator...

Section 16.016. Pollution of Red River Tributaries - Sec. 16.016. POLLUTION OF RED RIVER TRIBUTARIES. Within the limits...

Section 16.017. Topographic and Geologic Mapping - Sec. 16.017. TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC MAPPING. (a) The executive administrator...

Section 16.018. Soil Resource Planning - Sec. 16.018. SOIL RESOURCE PLANNING. The executive administrator may contract...

Section 16.019. Cooperative Agreements - Sec. 16.019. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS. With the approval of the board,...

Section 16.020. Master Plans of Districts, Etc - Sec. 16.020. MASTER PLANS OF DISTRICTS, ETC. The executive director...

Section 16.021. Texas Natural Resources Information System - Sec. 16.021. TEXAS NATURAL RESOURCES INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) The executive...

Section 16.023. Strategic Mapping Account - Sec. 16.023. STRATEGIC MAPPING ACCOUNT. (a) The strategic mapping account...

Section 16.024. Financial Assistance for Digital, Geospatial Information Projects - Sec. 16.024. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR DIGITAL, GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION PROJECTS. (a)...

Section 16.025. Reporting of Federal Money Used for Flood Research, Planning, and Mitigation Projects - Sec. 16.025. REPORTING OF FEDERAL MONEY USED FOR FLOOD RESEARCH,...

Subchapter C. Planning

Section 16.051. State Water Plan: Drought, Conservation, Development, and Management; Effect of Plan - Sec. 16.051. STATE WATER PLAN: DROUGHT, CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND MANAGEMENT;...

Section 16.052. Interregional Planning Council - Sec. 16.052. INTERREGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. (a) The board, at an...

Section 16.053. Regional Water Plans - Sec. 16.053. REGIONAL WATER PLANS. (a) The regional water planning...

Section 16.054. Local Water Planning - Sec. 16.054. LOCAL WATER PLANNING. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of...

Section 16.055. Drought Response Plan - Sec. 16.055. DROUGHT RESPONSE PLAN. (a) The chief of the...

Section 16.0551. State Drought Preparedness Plan - Sec. 16.0551. STATE DROUGHT PREPAREDNESS PLAN. (a) The drought preparedness...

Section 16.056. Federal Assistance in Financing Regional Water Plans - Sec. 16.056. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE IN FINANCING REGIONAL WATER PLANS. The...

Section 16.058. Collection of Bays and Estuaries Data; Conduct of Studies - Sec. 16.058. COLLECTION OF BAYS AND ESTUARIES DATA; CONDUCT OF...

Section 16.059. Collection of Instream Flow Data; Conduct of Studies - Sec. 16.059. COLLECTION OF INSTREAM FLOW DATA; CONDUCT OF STUDIES....

Section 16.060. Desalination Studies and Research - Sec. 16.060. DESALINATION STUDIES AND RESEARCH. (a) The board shall...

Section 16.061. State Flood Plan - Sec. 16.061. STATE FLOOD PLAN. (a) Not later than September...

Section 16.062. Regional Flood Planning - Sec. 16.062. REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING. (a) The board shall: (1)...

Subchapter D. Cooperation With Federal Government

Section 16.091. Designation of Board - Sec. 16.091. DESIGNATION OF BOARD. The board is designated as...

Section 16.092. Local Sponsors for Projects - Sec. 16.092. LOCAL SPONSORS FOR PROJECTS. (a) When a project...

Section 16.093. Participation in Federal Programs - Sec. 16.093. PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS. (a) The board may...

Subchapter E. Acquisition and Development of Facilities

Section 16.131. Authorized Projects for State Participation Account - Sec. 16.131. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION ACCOUNT. (a) The...

Section 16.1311. Priority for Water Conservation - Sec. 16.1311. PRIORITY FOR WATER CONSERVATION. The board shall give...

Section 16.132. Joint Ventures - Sec. 16.132. JOINT VENTURES. The board may act singly or...

Section 16.133. Permits Required - Sec. 16.133. PERMITS REQUIRED. Except as provided by Section 16.1331...

Section 16.1331. Reservation and Appropriation for Bays and Estuaries and Instream Uses - Sec. 16.1331. RESERVATION AND APPROPRIATION FOR BAYS AND ESTUARIES AND...

Section 16.134. Storing Water - Sec. 16.134. STORING WATER. The board may use any reservoir...

Section 16.1341. Payment for Releases and Pass-Throughs From State Reservoirs - Sec. 16.1341. PAYMENT FOR RELEASES AND PASS-THROUGHS FROM STATE RESERVOIRS....

Section 16.135. Board Findings - Sec. 16.135. BOARD FINDINGS. Before the board may acquire a...

Section 16.1351. Recreational Access - Sec. 16.1351. RECREATIONAL ACCESS. If the board is acquiring an...

Section 16.136. Facilities Wanted by Political Subdivision - Sec. 16.136. FACILITIES WANTED BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. The board may...

Section 16.137. Contracts: General Authority - Sec. 16.137. CONTRACTS: GENERAL AUTHORITY. (a) The board may execute...

Section 16.138. Specific Contracts Authorized - Sec. 16.138. SPECIFIC CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED. Contracts authorized by Section 16.137...

Section 16.139. Contracts: Facilities Acquired for a Term of Years - Sec. 16.139. CONTRACTS: FACILITIES ACQUIRED FOR A TERM OF YEARS....

Section 16.140. Maintenance Contracts - Sec. 16.140. MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS. The board may execute contracts for...

Section 16.141. Recreational Facilities - Sec. 16.141. RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The board may execute contracts with...

Section 16.142. Recovery of Administrative Costs - Sec. 16.142. RECOVERY OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. (a) The board may...

Section 16.143. Option to Lease - Sec. 16.143. OPTION TO LEASE. (a) A former owner of...

Section 16.144. Environmental Mitigation - Sec. 16.144. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION. (a) If a person proposing to...

Section 16.145. Interregional Water Supply Projects - Sec. 16.145. INTERREGIONAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS. (a) The board shall...

Section 16.146. Authorized Projects for State Participation Account Ii - Sec. 16.146. AUTHORIZED PROJECTS FOR STATE PARTICIPATION ACCOUNT II. (a)...

Subchapter F. Sale or Lease of Facilities

Section 16.181. Board May Sell or Lease Projects - Sec. 16.181. BOARD MAY SELL OR LEASE PROJECTS. (a) The...

Section 16.182. Permits Required - Sec. 16.182. PERMITS REQUIRED. (a) Before the board grants the...

Section 16.183. Permit: Paramount Consideration of Commission - Sec. 16.183. PERMIT: PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION. In passing on...

Section 16.184. Contract Must Be Negotiated - Sec. 16.184. CONTRACT MUST BE NEGOTIATED. The commission shall not...

Section 16.185. Reservoir Land - Sec. 16.185. RESERVOIR LAND. The board may lease acquired reservoir...

Section 16.186. Price of Sale - Sec. 16.186. PRICE OF SALE. (a) The price of the...

Section 16.187. Price of Sale: Facilities Acquired Under Contracts With the United States - Sec. 16.187. PRICE OF SALE: FACILITIES ACQUIRED UNDER CONTRACTS WITH...

Section 16.1871. Acquisition Date - Sec. 16.1871. ACQUISITION DATE. (a) If the board has made...

Section 16.188. Costs Defined - Sec. 16.188. COSTS DEFINED. With reference to the sale of...

Section 16.189. Lease Payments - Sec. 16.189. LEASE PAYMENTS. In leasing a state facility for...

Section 16.190. Sale or Lease: Condition Precedent - Sec. 16.190. SALE OR LEASE: CONDITION PRECEDENT. (a) No sale,...

Section 16.191. Disposition of Proceeds - Sec. 16.191. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. (a) The money received from...

Section 16.192. Sale of Stored Water - Sec. 16.192. SALE OF STORED WATER. The board may sell...

Section 16.193. Permit - Sec. 16.193. PERMIT. (a) The board may not sell the...

Section 16.194. Sale Contract: Provisions, Limitations - Sec. 16.194. SALE CONTRACT: PROVISIONS, LIMITATIONS. (a) The board may...

Section 16.195. Emergency Releases of Water - Sec. 16.195. EMERGENCY RELEASES OF WATER. Unappropriated water and other...

Section 16.196. Preferences - Sec. 16.196. PREFERENCES. The board shall give political subdivisions a...

Section 16.197. Lease of Land Prior to Project Construction - Sec. 16.197. LEASE OF LAND PRIOR TO PROJECT CONSTRUCTION. The...

Section 16.198. Lease Contributions Equivalent to Taxes - Sec. 16.198. LEASE CONTRIBUTIONS EQUIVALENT TO TAXES. The lease may...

Subchapter G. Improvements

Section 16.231. Design of Improvements or System of Improvements - Sec. 16.231. DESIGN OF IMPROVEMENTS OR SYSTEM OF IMPROVEMENTS. Insofar...

Section 16.232. Location of Projects; Reports - Sec. 16.232. LOCATION OF PROJECTS; REPORTS. The executive director shall...

Section 16.233. Cooperation With Other Agencies - Sec. 16.233. COOPERATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. In performing functions that...

Section 16.234. Advice to Districts - Sec. 16.234. ADVICE TO DISTRICTS. The executive director shall confer...

Section 16.235. Districts to File Information With Commission - Sec. 16.235. DISTRICTS TO FILE INFORMATION WITH COMMISSION. Immediately before...

Section 16.236. Construction of Levee Without Approval of Plans; Levee Safety - Sec. 16.236. CONSTRUCTION OF LEVEE WITHOUT APPROVAL OF PLANS; LEVEE...

Section 16.237. Administrative Penalty; Civil Remedy - Sec. 16.237. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; CIVIL REMEDY. (a) If a person...

Subchapter H. Navigation Facilities

Section 16.271. Improvement of Streams and Canals and Construction of Facilities Within Cypress Creek Drainage Basin - Sec. 16.271. IMPROVEMENT OF STREAMS AND CANALS AND CONSTRUCTION OF...

Section 16.272. Long-Term Contracts With the United States - Sec. 16.272. LONG-TERM CONTRACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES. The board...

Section 16.273. Temporary Authority to Act for District - Sec. 16.273. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ACT FOR DISTRICT. The board...

Subchapter I. Flood Insurance

Section 16.311. Short Title - Sec. 16.311. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as...

Section 16.313. Definitions - Sec. 16.313. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Political subdivision" means...

Section 16.314. Cooperation of Board - Sec. 16.314. COOPERATION OF BOARD. In recognition of the necessity...

Section 16.3145. National Flood Insurance Program Orders or Ordinances - Sec. 16.3145. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM ORDERS OR ORDINANCES. The...

Section 16.315. Political Subdivisions; Compliance With Federal Requirements - Sec. 16.315. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. All political...

Section 16.316. Coordination of Local, State, and Federal Programs by Board - Sec. 16.316. COORDINATION OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS BY...

Section 16.317. Cooperation of Texas Department of Insurance - Sec. 16.317. COOPERATION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. Pursuant to...

Section 16.318. Rules - Sec. 16.318. RULES. Political subdivisions which qualify for the National...

Section 16.319. Qualification - Sec. 16.319. QUALIFICATION. Political subdivisions wishing to qualify under the...

Section 16.320. Coastal Erosion - Sec. 16.320. COASTAL EROSION. The Commissioner of the General Land...

Section 16.321. Coastal Flooding - Sec. 16.321. COASTAL FLOODING. The Commissioner of the General Land...

Section 16.322. Civil Penalty - Sec. 16.322. CIVIL PENALTY. A person who violates this subchapter...

Section 16.3221. Criminal Penalty - Sec. 16.3221. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense...

Section 16.323. Enforcement by Political Subdivision - Sec. 16.323. ENFORCEMENT BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) If it appears...

Section 16.324. County Authority to Set Fee - Sec. 16.324. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO SET FEE. The commissioners court...

Subchapter J. Economically Distressed Areas

Section 16.341. Definitions - Sec. 16.341. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: Text of subdivision as...

Section 16.342. Rules - Sec. 16.342. RULES. (a) The board shall adopt rules that...

Section 16.343. Minimum State Standards and Model Political Subdivision Rules - Sec. 16.343. MINIMUM STATE STANDARDS AND MODEL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION RULES....

Section 16.344. Oversight - Sec. 16.344. OVERSIGHT. (a) The board shall monitor the performance...

Section 16.345. Authority to Participate in Program - Sec. 16.345. AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAM. (a) A political...

Section 16.346. Examination of Ability of a District to Provide Services and Financing - Sec. 16.346. EXAMINATION OF ABILITY OF A DISTRICT TO PROVIDE...

Section 16.347. Requirement of Imposition of Distressed Areas Water Financing Fee - Sec. 16.347. REQUIREMENT OF IMPOSITION OF DISTRESSED AREAS WATER FINANCING...

Section 16.348. Setting of Fee by Political Subdivision; Lien; Delinquent Fees - Sec. 16.348. SETTING OF FEE BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; LIEN; DELINQUENT...

Section 16.349. Fees - Sec. 16.349. FEES. (a) A political subdivision that receives financial...

Section 16.350. Eligible Counties and Municipalities to Adopt Rules - Sec. 16.350. ELIGIBLE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO ADOPT RULES. (a)...

Section 16.351. Contract Preference - Sec. 16.351. CONTRACT PREFERENCE. A political subdivision that receives financial...

Section 16.352. Enforcement of Rules - Sec. 16.352. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES. A person who violates a...

Section 16.353. Injunction - Sec. 16.353. INJUNCTION. (a) In addition to any other remedy,...

Section 16.3535. Damages - Sec. 16.3535. DAMAGES. In addition to any other remedy, the...

Section 16.354. Attorney General Enforcement - Sec. 16.354. ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT. In addition to the ability...

Section 16.3545. Venue - Sec. 16.3545. VENUE. A suit brought under this subchapter for...

Section 16.355. Authority Over Facilities - Sec. 16.355. AUTHORITY OVER FACILITIES. A political subdivision may construct,...

Section 16.356. Use of Revenue From Operation of Water Supply or Sewer Service Projects - Sec. 16.356. USE OF REVENUE FROM OPERATION OF WATER SUPPLY...

Subchapter K. Water Conservation

Section 16.401. Statewide Water Conservation Public Awareness Program - Sec. 16.401. STATEWIDE WATER CONSERVATION PUBLIC AWARENESS PROGRAM. (a) The...

Section 16.402. Water Conservation Plan Review - Sec. 16.402. WATER CONSERVATION PLAN REVIEW. (a) Each entity that...

Section 16.4021. Water Conservation Plan Requirements - Sec. 16.4021. WATER CONSERVATION PLAN REQUIREMENTS. (a) In this section,...

Section 16.403. Water Use Reporting - Sec. 16.403. WATER USE REPORTING. (a) The board and the...

Section 16.404. Rules and Standards - Text of section as added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg.,...

Subchapter L. Flood Project Funding

Section 16.451. Definitions - Sec. 16.451. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Advisory committee" means...

Section 16.452. Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund - Sec. 16.452. TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND. (a) The Texas infrastructure...

Section 16.453. Floodplain Management Account - Sec. 16.453. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT. (a) The floodplain management account...

Section 16.454. Hurricane Harvey Account - Sec. 16.454. HURRICANE HARVEY ACCOUNT. (a) The Hurricane Harvey account...

Section 16.4545. Flood Plan Implementation Account - Text of section effective on adoption by the Texas Water...

Section 16.455. Federal Matching Account - Sec. 16.455. FEDERAL MATCHING ACCOUNT. (a) The federal matching account...

Section 16.456. Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory Committee - Sec. 16.456. TEXAS INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCY FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The...

Section 16.457. Report Required - Sec. 16.457. REPORT REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "state agency"...

Section 16.458. Applicable Law - Sec. 16.458. APPLICABLE LAW. (a) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, applies...

Section 16.459. Transparency Requirements - Sec. 16.459. TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. The board shall post the following...

Section 16.460. Rules - Sec. 16.460. RULES. The board shall adopt rules necessary to...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle C - Water Development Chapter 16 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Water Development

Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Water Development
Chapter 16 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Water Development