{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 5.051","heading":"COMMISSION.","body":"(a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is created as an agency of the state.\n(b) Effective January 1, 2004, a reference in law to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission is a reference to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.\nAmended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.008, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 5. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBCHAPTER C. ORGANIZATION OF COMMISSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.5.htm#5.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"234f95f07dfe3fc8c5c1b898032ee0823aa3a89732286047016840acc37f17e9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-5.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}