Sec. 18.002. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or as otherwise provided by law:

(1) Chapter 11 applies to a permit or authorization under Section 18.003 or 18.004 in the same manner as that chapter applies to a permit or authorization under that chapter; and

(2) Chapter 26 applies to a permit under Section 18.005 in the same manner as that chapter applies to a permit under that chapter.

(b) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and Chapter 11 or 26, this chapter controls.

(c) This chapter is intended to provide an alternative procedure for obtaining an authorization to divert and use state water that consists of marine seawater or to discharge treated marine seawater or waste resulting from the desalination of treated marine seawater under the circumstances provided by this chapter. This chapter does not affect the authority of a person to:

(1) divert and use state water that consists of marine seawater in accordance with the procedures provided by Chapter 11, including the authority to divert marine seawater from a point of diversion located in a bay or estuary; or

(2) discharge treated marine seawater or waste resulting from the desalination of treated marine seawater in accordance with the procedures provided by Chapter 26, including the authority to discharge waste resulting from the desalination of marine seawater into a bay or estuary.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2031), Sec. 10, eff. June 17, 2015.