{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8834.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.003","heading":"PURPOSE; LEGISLATIVE INTENT.","body":"(a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the regulation of groundwater withdrawal in the district to prevent subsidence, which contributes to or precipitates flooding or overflow in the district, including rising water resulting from a storm or hurricane.\n(b) The legislature intends that the district administer and enforce this chapter and exercise the district's rights, powers, and duties in a manner that will effectively and expeditiously accomplish the purposes of this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER","CHAPTER 8834. FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8834.htm#8834.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"673eb47350b3abc8281a6b5a2792caa12b0b37fe8e0fd6e10f5f9098935b60fb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8834.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8834.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}