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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 561.007: MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES
  3. SUBTITLE B. COUNTY WATER
  4. CHAPTER 561. WATER CONTROL BY COUNTIES

(a) This section applies only to a county that:

(1) has a population of 190,000 or more, is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3 million or more, and borders the Gulf of Mexico; and

(2) operates a road department system under Subchapter D, Chapter 252, Transportation Code.

(b) The commissioners court may require the county road engineer to prepare and coordinate a county master drainage plan. The commissioners court by order may adopt regulations to implement the county master drainage plan.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 989, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 411.007 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(b)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 102, eff. September 1, 2011.

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