Texas Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.156 Powers Relating To Flooding

Sec. 8501.156. POWERS RELATING TO FLOODING. In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may:

(1) prevent the devastation of land from recurrent overflows;

(2) protect life and property in the authority from uncontrolled floodwater; and

(3) encourage the conservation of soil to prevent destructive erosion and to prevent the increased flood menace related to that erosion.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

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