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| 1 | 1 | 89R1580 ANG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cunningham H.B. No. 1177 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the creation of the criminal offense of diverting or | |
| 10 | 10 | impounding the flow of surface water in a manner that damages the | |
| 11 | 11 | property of another by the overflow of the water diverted or | |
| 12 | 12 | impounded. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended | |
| 15 | 15 | by adding Section 7.1425 to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | Sec. 7.1425. VIOLATION RELATING TO OVERFLOW CAUSED BY | |
| 17 | 17 | DIVERSION OF WATER. (a) A person who violates Section 11.086(a) | |
| 18 | 18 | commits an offense. A first offense under this section is a Class C | |
| 19 | 19 | misdemeanor. A subsequent offense under this section is a Class B | |
| 20 | 20 | misdemeanor. | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | |
| 22 | 22 | the actor filled the mouth of a gully or slough up to the height of | |
| 23 | 23 | the adjoining banks of a river or creek as provided by Section | |
| 24 | 24 | 11.086(d). | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |