Tex. Water Code § 5.178
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 5.178, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 5.178. BIENNIAL REPORTS.
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(a) On or before December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall file with the governor and the members of the legislature a written report that includes a statement of the activities of the commission during the preceding fiscal biennium.
(b) The report due by December 1 of an even-numbered year shall include, in addition:
(1) the commission's recommendations for necessary and desirable legislation; and
(2) the following reports:
(A) the assessments and reports required by Section 361.0219(c), Health and Safety Code;
(B) the reports required by Section 26.0135(d) and Section 5.02, Chapter 133, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985; and
(C) a summary of the analyses and assessments required by Section 5.1773.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 7.04(b).
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(164), eff. June 17, 2011.
(b) The report due by December 1 of an even-numbered year shall include, in addition:
(1) the commission's recommendations for necessary and desirable legislation; and
(2) the following reports:
(A) the assessments and reports required by Section 361.0219(c), Health and Safety Code;
(B) the reports required by Section 26.0135(d) and Section 5.02, Chapter 133, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985; and
(C) a summary of the analyses and assessments required by Section 5.1773.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 7.04(b).
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1083, Sec. 25(164), eff. June 17, 2011.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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