Tex. Water Code § 152.161
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 152.161, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 152.161. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF PROGRAM.
Official statutory text
(a) A river authority may not use an economic development program to:
(1) promote fuel switching or the substitution of electric power for another fuel or energy source; or
(2) provide an economic or other incentive to use electric power to preferentially market the use of electric power over another fuel or energy source.
(b) This section does not limit a power granted to a river authority by other law.
(1) promote fuel switching or the substitution of electric power for another fuel or energy source; or
(2) provide an economic or other incentive to use electric power to preferentially market the use of electric power over another fuel or energy source.
(b) This section does not limit a power granted to a river authority by other law.
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