Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 3803.101 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
DISTRICT POWERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The district has:
(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;
(2) the rights, powers, privileges, and authority of a district created under Chapter 375, Local Government Code;
(3) the powers given to a corporation created under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code), including:
(A) the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that Act and this chapter and any other authorized project; and
(B) the power to acquire land and other property in accordance with Chapter 505, Local Government Code; and
(4) the power to create, tax, assess, and hold elections in a defined area under Chapter 54, Water Code, to provide improvements or services in the defined area for any project or activity the district is authorized to acquire, construct, improve, or provide.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.32, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.3803.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 2a222bef3840f362eb94e01ad994d64e50c1122a73ea0e1efd49c954f2a68435
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code tit. 12PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPrinted as Title 12, Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code ch. 375MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS IN GENERALPrinted as Chapter 375, Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code ch. 505TYPE B CORPORATIONSPrinted as Chapter 505, Local Government Code
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