Tex. Water Code § 55.249
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.249, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.249. REGULATING BOATS.
Official statutory text
(a) The district may prescribe the type of boats to be used on district water to carry persons for hire and for recreational purposes and may require the owner of a boat to submit the boat at a reasonable time to inspection to determine if the boat is serviceable.
(b) In an effort to protect the lives of the occupants of boats and persons using district water, the district may prescribe reasonable requirements for the use and manner in which they are used.
(b) In an effort to protect the lives of the occupants of boats and persons using district water, the district may prescribe reasonable requirements for the use and manner in which they are used.
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