{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-8.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 8.056","heading":"COMPACTS.","body":"The commission may contact and negotiate with other states regarding the need for establishing interstate compacts, addressing groundwater problems, needs, and supplies, if an aquifer underlies several states, and addressing other related subjects that would be beneficial to the states including the conservation and beneficial use of water.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 39, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Sec. 6.056 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 5.01(a)(54), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (H.B. 163), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 8. SOUTHWESTERN STATES WATER COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.8.htm#8.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"5ca44c1e87f5d8195dcf853e08b7bdd58db7e30bd2dc9b5054a6b76d10d8b3e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-8.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-10.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}