Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 26.555 - Inspections Of And Sampling Of Water In Pilot Program Areas(a) To detect potential violations of this subchapter in the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the Coke Stevenson Scenic Riverway, the commission, the Brazos River Authority or the Lower Colorado River Authority, as appropriate, and the Parks and Wildlife Department shall coordinate efforts to conduct each calendar year: (1) visual inspections of the riverways ; and (2) testing of water samples drawn from the Brazos River, the South Llano River, and their respective tributaries . (b) The visual inspections and the drawing of water samples must be conducted at least once in a winter month and at least once in a summer month. The visual inspections must be conducted both from the surfaces of the John Graves Scenic Riverway and the Coke Stevenson Scenic Riverway and from an aircraft flying over the riverways . Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 698,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2023.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 374, Sec. 2, eff. 6/17/2005.