Sec. 5002.002. NATURE AND PURPOSE OF DISTRICT. The district is created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, to make improvements for the navigation of inland and coastal waters, and for the preservation and conservation of inland and coastal waters for navigation and for control and distribution of storm and flood waters of rivers and streams in aid of navigation.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2009.