{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-551.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 551.002","heading":"PROTECTION OF STREAMS AND WATERSHEDS BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.","body":"(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 constitute or recharge the source of water supply of any municipality.\n(b) A home-rule municipality may provide for the protection of and may police any watersheds.\n(c) The authority granted by this section may be exercised inside the municipality's boundaries or inside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction or outside the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction only if required to meet other state or federal requirements. The authority granted by this section for the protection of recharge, recharge areas, or recharge features of groundwater aquifers may be exercised outside the municipality's boundaries and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction provided the municipality exercising such authority has a population greater than 750,000 and the groundwater constitutes more than 75 percent of the municipality's source of water supply.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.47, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nRenumbered from Local Government Code, Section 401.002 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(1), eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 13. WATER AND UTILITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL WATER AND UTILITIES","CHAPTER 551. WATER CONTROL BY MUNICIPALITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.551.htm#551.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"bd5ece108e09def1c1fbab5f295efd18dece0674b15733035ee3f7568e97a8f8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-551.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-551.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}