Tex. Water Code § 57.016
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 57.016, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 57.016. INVESTIGATION BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
Official statutory text
(a) When the executive director receives the notice provided for in Section 57.015(d), he shall examine the proposed district, and do the work required to determine the necessity, feasibility, and probable costs of reclaiming the land of the district from overflow and of draining it properly. The executive director shall also determine the costs of organizing the district and maintaining it for two years.
(b) A representative of the executive director shall attend the hearing on the petition to create the district and file a written report with the commissioners court on matters which have been investigated. The executive director shall furnish the commissioners court any additional information that is required.
(b) A representative of the executive director shall attend the hearing on the petition to create the district and file a written report with the commissioners court on matters which have been investigated. The executive director shall furnish the commissioners court any additional information that is required.
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