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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle C - Water Development
Chapter 16 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Water Development
Subchapter E. Acquisition and Development of Facilities
Section 16.1341. Payment for Releases and Pass-Throughs From State Reservoirs

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TX Water Code § 16.1341 (2025)
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Sec. 16.1341. PAYMENT FOR RELEASES AND PASS-THROUGHS FROM STATE RESERVOIRS. (a) If the commission orders, for the purpose of maintaining the ecological health of any bay and estuary system, a release or pass-through of appropriated water from an existing reservoir owned in part by the board on September 1, 1985, the board shall pay the amount necessary to pay all maintenance and operating costs associated with the storage and release of the water.

(b) If the order under Subsection (a) of this section results in a dedication that reduces the reservoir's firm yield water supply capability, the board is responsible for repayment of that portion of the construction cost indebtedness associated with that dedication.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 4.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

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