Tex. Water Code § 12.053
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 12.053, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 12.053. INVENTORY OF DAMS OPERATED BY RIVER AUTHORITIES.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only to a river authority described by Section 325.025(b), Government Code.
(b) Each river authority shall provide to the commission information regarding the operation and maintenance of dams under the control of that river authority. The commission by rule shall require a river authority to provide for each dam under its control at least the following information:
(1) the location of the dam;
(2) under whose jurisdiction the dam operates;
(3) a required maintenance schedule for the dam;
(4) costs of the operation and maintenance of the dam; and
(5) the method of finance for the operation and maintenance costs of the dam.
(c) A river authority shall submit the information required by Subsection (b) to the commission each year and in the event of a significant change in the information.
(d) Subject to federal and state confidentiality laws, the commission shall create and maintain an Internet website that contains the information collected under this section.
(b) Each river authority shall provide to the commission information regarding the operation and maintenance of dams under the control of that river authority. The commission by rule shall require a river authority to provide for each dam under its control at least the following information:
(1) the location of the dam;
(2) under whose jurisdiction the dam operates;
(3) a required maintenance schedule for the dam;
(4) costs of the operation and maintenance of the dam; and
(5) the method of finance for the operation and maintenance costs of the dam.
(c) A river authority shall submit the information required by Subsection (b) to the commission each year and in the event of a significant change in the information.
(d) Subject to federal and state confidentiality laws, the commission shall create and maintain an Internet website that contains the information collected under this section.
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