# 25 Tex. Admin. Code § 265.151: 25 TAC § 265.151. General Provisions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 25 Tex. Admin. Code § 265.151
- **Heading:** 25 TAC § 265.151. General Provisions
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 25 HEALTH SERVICES / Part 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES / Chapter 265 GENERAL SANITATION / 25 TAC § 265.151

## Text

(a) Scope and purpose. This subchapter addresses minimum
 standards for the design and construction of artificial swimming lagoons.
 The rules in this subchapter establish minimum operating standards
 for artificial swimming lagoons to ensure proper filtration, chemical
 balance, and maintenance of the water for the safety of users, and
 to reduce to a practical minimum the possibility of drowning or injury
 to users. This subchapter implements Texas Health and Safety Code, §341.064(g)
 authorized by Texas Health and Safety Code, §341.002, and the
 rules are considered good public health engineering practices.
(b) Application of the rules. This subchapter applies
 to all artificial swimming lagoons, regardless of the date of construction,
 unless otherwise specified.
(c) Date of construction. The date of construction
 of the artificial swimming lagoon is the date that a building permit
 for construction is issued or, if no building permit is required,
 the date that excavation or electrical service begins, whichever is
 earlier, in which case the artificial swimming lagoon owner or operator
 must produce adequate written documentation of that fact.
(d) Local regulatory authority. A local regulatory
 authority that has jurisdiction for the regulation of the artificial
 swimming lagoon may adopt standards equivalent to or more stringent
 than this subchapter, with the exception of a department-approved
 alternate method of disinfectant, that are in accordance with good
 public health engineering and safety practices.
(e) Effective date. The effective date of this subchapter
 is March 1, 2020.

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