Tex. Water Code § 16.451
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 16.451, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 16.451. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 954 (S.B. 7), Sec. 2.03(3), eff. September 1, 2025.
(2) "Eligible political subdivision" means a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a municipality, or a county.
(3) "Flood project" means a drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control project, including:
(A) planning and design activities;
(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide structural and nonstructural flood mitigation and drainage;
(C) construction of structural flood mitigation and drainage infrastructure;
(D) nonstructural or natural flood control strategies; and
(E) a federally authorized project to deepen a ship channel affected by a flooding event.
(4) "Resiliency fund" means the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.
(1) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 954 (S.B. 7), Sec. 2.03(3), eff. September 1, 2025.
(2) "Eligible political subdivision" means a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a municipality, or a county.
(3) "Flood project" means a drainage, flood mitigation, or flood control project, including:
(A) planning and design activities;
(B) work to obtain regulatory approval to provide structural and nonstructural flood mitigation and drainage;
(C) construction of structural flood mitigation and drainage infrastructure;
(D) nonstructural or natural flood control strategies; and
(E) a federally authorized project to deepen a ship channel affected by a flooding event.
(4) "Resiliency fund" means the Texas infrastructure resiliency fund.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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