AGRICULTURE CODE

TITLE 7. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 203. WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 203.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Board" means the State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

(2) "District" means a soil and water conservation district created under Chapter 201 of this code.

(3) "District board" means the board of directors of a soil and water conservation district created under Chapter 201 of this code.

(4) "Brush control" means:

(A) the selective control, removal, or reduction of noxious brush such as mesquite, prickly pear, salt cedar, or other phreatophytes that consume water to a degree that is detrimental to water conservation; and

(B) the revegetation of land on which this brush has been controlled.

(5) "Area" means a sub-basin or other portion of land within a project.

(6) "Project" means a watershed or portion of a watershed in which water supply enhancement activities are performed.

(7) "Proposal" means a request submitted by a soil and water conservation district or other political subdivision for state funds to be used in a watershed or portion of a watershed for water supply enhancement activities.

(8) "Water supply enhancement" includes brush control.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 13(o), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 983, Sec. 12(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 61 (H.B. 1808), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2011.