Texas Water Code - Section 1.003. Public Policy
Legal Research Home >
Texas Lawyer > Water Code > Texas Water Code - Section 1.003. Public Policy
§ 1.003. PUBLIC POLICY. It is the public policy of the
state to provide for the conservation and development of the
state's natural resources, including:
(1) the control, storage, preservation, and
distribution of the state's storm and floodwaters and the waters of
its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and other useful
purposes;
(2) the reclamation and irrigation of the state's
arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;
(3) the reclamation and drainage of the state's
overflowed land and other land needing drainage;
(4) the conservation and development of its forest,
water, and hydroelectric power;
(5) the navigation of the state's inland and coastal
waters; and
(6) the maintenance of a proper ecological environment
of the bays and estuaries of Texas and the health of related living
marine resources.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, § 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 925, ch. 344, § 1, eff. June
19, 1975.
Section: 1.001 1.002 1.003 5.053 5.175 5.176 5.1765 5.177 5.1771 5.1772 5.1773 5.178 5.179
Last modified: August 10, 2007
|
