Texas A.G. Issues Opinion on Authority to Enforce Development Ordinances on Dam Building Activities
May 23, 2020
May 23, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas, May 23 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following opinion (No. KP-0309):
To: The Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives, Post Office Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether state or federal law preempts application of municipal development ordinances to a water control and improvement district's construction and maintenance of dams (RQ-0316-KP)
Dear Representative Lar . . .
To: The Honorable Lyle Larson, Chair, Committee on Natural Resources, Texas House of Representatives, Post Office Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Whether state or federal law preempts application of municipal development ordinances to a water control and improvement district's construction and maintenance of dams (RQ-0316-KP)
Dear Representative Lar . . .