Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.083
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 11.083, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 11.083. LOCAL AQUATIC VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Official statutory text
(a) A governing entity may develop and adopt a local aquatic vegetation management plan. A local plan must be approved by the department, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Department of Agriculture.
(b) A local plan may take into account the particular needs and uses of the public bodies of surface water to which it will apply, but the plan may not be approved unless the plan meets the minimum standards set by the state plan. The local plan may allow herbicide use if the person proposing to apply the herbicide notifies the governing entity not later than the 14th day before the proposed date of application.
(b) A local plan may take into account the particular needs and uses of the public bodies of surface water to which it will apply, but the plan may not be approved unless the plan meets the minimum standards set by the state plan. The local plan may allow herbicide use if the person proposing to apply the herbicide notifies the governing entity not later than the 14th day before the proposed date of application.
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