Sec. 8510.0305.  POWER TO CONTROL, DEVELOP, STORE, AND USE WATER FOR NAVIGATIONAL USE.  (a) The authority may control, develop, store, and use the natural flow and floodwaters of the Red River and its tributaries for the purpose of operating and maintaining:
(1)  navigable canals or waterways; and
(2)  navigational systems or facilities auxiliary to navigable canals or waterways.
(b)  The navigational use of water authorized by Subsection (a) is subordinate and incidental to consumptive use of water.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.