{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.195","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 16.195","heading":"EMERGENCY RELEASES OF WATER.","body":"Unappropriated water and other water of the state stored in any facility acquired by and under the control of the board may be released without charge to relieve any emergency condition arising from drought, severe water shortage, or public calamity, if the commission first determines the existence of the emergency and requests the board to release water.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE C. WATER DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. SALE OR LEASE OF FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.16.htm#16.195","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"3feeba2c4698faab872ec18d302985dfafb30414f504681f60527575e8234f9b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.194","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.196"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}