{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.156","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8501.156","heading":"POWERS RELATING TO FLOODING.","body":"In acting under Section 8501.155, the authority may:\n(1) prevent the devastation of land from recurrent overflows;\n(2) protect life and property in the authority from uncontrolled floodwater; and\n(3) encourage the conservation of soil to prevent destructive erosion and to prevent the increased flood menace related to that erosion.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE G. RIVER AUTHORITIES","CHAPTER 8501. ANGELINA AND NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8501.htm#8501.156","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"a88eaba23d5591c532edaaa882e22196b87a065dbf34b33a72b8c743902d2426","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.155","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8501.157"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}