Tex. Water Code § 17.923
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 17.923, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 17.923. COUNTY ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
Official statutory text
To be eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter, a county:
(1) must have a per capita income that averaged 25 percent below the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available and an unemployment rate that averaged 25 percent above the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available;
(2) must be located adjacent to an international border; or
(3) must be located in whole or in part within 100 miles of an international border and contain the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
(1) must have a per capita income that averaged 25 percent below the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available and an unemployment rate that averaged 25 percent above the state average for the most recent three consecutive years for which statistics are available;
(2) must be located adjacent to an international border; or
(3) must be located in whole or in part within 100 miles of an international border and contain the majority of the area of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000.
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