Texas Local Government Code Title 13, Chapter 551 - Water Control By Municipalities

• Texas Section 551.001 - Control Of Harmful Excess Of Water By Municipality With Population Of 150,001 To 239,999
  (a) In this section, "water control body" means a municipality, county, levee district, water control and improvement district, water improvement district, navigation district, or other...
• Texas Section 551.002 - Protection Of Streams And Watersheds By Home-rule Municipality
  (a) A home-rule municipality may prohibit the pollution or degradation of and may police a stream, drain, recharge feature, recharge area, or tributary that may...
• Texas Section 551.003 - Notice Of Municipal Development Regulations Applying To Watersheds And Flood-prone Areas
  (a) The governing body of a home-rule municipality that by resolution, ordinance, or other proceeding regulates and controls the use and development of any watersheds,...
• Texas Section 551.004 - Protection Of Playa Lakes By Certain Home-rule Municipalities
  (a) In this section, "playa lake" means a natural saucer-like depression in the topography, typically having a clayey bottom that is normally located in an...
• Texas Section 551.005 - Restriction On Pumping, Extraction, Or Use Of Groundwater
  (a) For the purpose of establishing and enforcing a municipal setting designation, the governing body of a municipality may regulate the pumping, extraction, or use...
• Texas Section 551.006 - Irrigation Systems
  (a) A municipality with a population of 20,000 or more by ordinance shall require an installer of an irrigation system: (1) to hold a license...
• Texas Section 551.007 - Water Conservation By Home-rule Municipality
  A home-rule municipality may adopt and enforce ordinances requiring water conservation in the municipality and by customers of the municipality's municipally owned water and sewer...

Last modified: September 28, 2016