FayetteCountyGroundwater.com
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Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District Home Page
Description
The District, formerly called the Colorado Valley Groundwater Conservation District, was created in accordance with Section 59 of Article XVI of the Texas Constitution and in accordance with Chapter 36 of the Texas Water Code and by an Act of the Legislature of the State of Texas, meeting in Regular Session in 2001 as the 77th Legislature, said Act being Chapter 302 of the General and Special Laws of the State of Texas, 77th Legislature (2001), Regular Session, said Act being effective September 1, 2001, said Act (Chapter 302) also being known as Texas House Bill 1081, as amended by House Bill 535, 78th Legislature (2003), Regular Session.
The boundaries of the District are the same as, congruent with and coextensive with the boundaries of Fayette County, Texas, as stated in Section 3 of House Bill 1081, enacted by the Legislature of the State of Texas, meeting in Regular Session in 2001 as the 77th Legislature, and passed by the Texas House of Representatives on March 29, 2001 and by the Texas Senate on May 10, 2001, and signed by the Governor of the State of Texas on May 23, 2001.
Fayette County, 936 square miles in area, is in the Gulf Coastal Plain in east-central Texas. Bordering counties are: Bastrop, on the northwest; Lee, Washington and Austin on the north and northeast; Colorado on the east-southeast; and Lavaca and Gonzales on the south and southwest. La Grange, the county seat, is near the center of the county on U.S. Highway 77 and State Highway 71, about 60 miles southeast of Austin and 100 miles west of Houston.
Languages
English
Contact
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- La Grange TX
- United States
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- +1.9799683135
