{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-66.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 66.012","heading":"PURPOSE OF DISTRICT.","body":"A district may be created to control stormwater and floodwater and to control and abate harmful excesses of water for the purpose of preventing area and downstream flooding in all or part of a watershed.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 66. STORMWATER CONTROL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.66.htm#66.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"1f77b284090a3013ebf74dd554d9801fc04f4e1971058d8223d9925799929ac3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-66.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-66.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}