Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 286.062. Definitions

(1) “Public water” includes a public stream, river, bay, or lake.

(2) “Navigable stream” has the meaning assigned by Section 21.001, Natural Resources Code.

(3) “Public lake” means a lake in which the state owns the bed, or reserves for the state's residents the right of access to the lake for fishing, boating, hunting, or other recreation.