{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-8.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 8.013","heading":"COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT.","body":"(a) The commission is composed of three commissioners as follows:\n(1) the governor or the governor's designee;\n(2) a member of the standing committee of the house of representatives that has jurisdiction over natural resources, appointed by the governor; and\n(3) a member of the standing committee of the senate that has jurisdiction over water issues, appointed by the governor.\n(b) The governor or the governor's designee shall act as the official representative of this state on the commission and shall exercise all powers and duties of this state as a member of the commission.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 39, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 6.013 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(54), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1170, Sec. 46.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (H.B. 163), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 8. SOUTHWESTERN STATES WATER COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B. ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.8.htm#8.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"80dc2e6d8dfecdf077f24b5ff13b5efa57539676647f9ad23d68111877ed2b90","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-8.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-8.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}