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Topic: Older Texas water laws kept separate from the main Water Code since 1971Source: Texas Legislature official statutes websiteWho It Helps: Government agencies, water districts, lawyers, researchers, and everyday residentsCost: Free to read onlineReading Time: About 3 minutes for this summary
Texas Auxiliary Water Laws are older state water statutes that sit alongside the main Texas Water Code. They were never repealed or folded into the Water Code when it launched in 1971. Anyone can read them for free on the official Texas Legislature website.
The collection has three chapters. Chapter 1 covers the use of state water — including rules for water power control districts that want to enter pollution-control contracts for selling or disposing of salt water. Chapter 3 covers water control and preservation districts — how they form, what powers they hold, how they issue bonds, collect taxes, and run their governance. Chapter 11 handles general provisions that apply across the other chapters.
Visit the official Texas Constitution and Statutes website to read the full text at no cost. Use the chapter breakdown above to go straight to the section that fits your question. If you are working with a water district, a local government office, or an attorney, share the relevant chapter number so everyone starts from the same source. For complex legal questions, pair these statutes with advice from a licensed Texas attorney or a water law specialist.
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These statutes connect to the main Texas Water Code, which is the primary body of state water law. Water control and preservation districts described in Chapter 3 may also interact with local utility districts, municipal water authorities, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the state agency that oversees water regulation.
Water rules in Texas come from more than one source. These auxiliary laws fill gaps the main Water Code does not cover. If you are researching water rights, a water district, or pollution-control contracts involving salt water, these statutes may hold answers you cannot find elsewhere.
