{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.319","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 16.319","heading":"QUALIFICATION.","body":"Political subdivisions wishing to qualify under the National Flood Insurance Program shall have the authority to do so by complying with the directions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and by:\n(1) evidencing to the director a positive interest in securing flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program; and\n(2) giving to the director satisfactory assurance that measures will have been adopted for the political subdivision that will be not less stringent than the comprehensive criteria for land management and use developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., 1st C.S., p. 58, ch. 4, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1323 (S.B. 1436), Sec. 9A, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.17, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE C. WATER DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER I. FLOOD INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.16.htm#16.319","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"0bcc15d6ebb84ca74c137fbde1cd5bc0e1facb75ffb56b44ff4af1c838ad68fd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.318","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.320"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}