Texas Statutes
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 15.005. Consideration of Certain Applications

Sec. 15.005. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS. (a) On submission of a project application under this chapter, the executive administrator shall determine if the application includes a project that will have flood control as one of its purposes and if the political subdivision submitting the application includes all of the watershed in which the project is to be located.
(b) If the executive administrator finds that the application includes a project that has flood control as one of its purposes and that the watershed in which the project is located is partially located outside the political subdivision making the application, the executive administrator shall require the applicant to submit a written memorandum of understanding relating to the management of the watershed in which the project is to be located.
(c) The memorandum of understanding must be approved by all governing bodies of political subdivisions located in the watershed in which the project is to be located and must be signed by the presiding officers of each of those political subdivisions.
(d) The board shall not consider any application for which a memorandum of understanding must be filed under this section until that memorandum of understanding is filed with the executive administrator.
(e) The board shall adopt rules for carrying out this section.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 102, ch. 12, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 10, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.039, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1057, Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2003.

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