Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 231.072
In this subchapter:
(1) "Lake" means an inland body of standing water, including a reservoir formed by impounding the water of a river or creek but not including an impoundment of salt water or brackish water, that:
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.