Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 5009.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.

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(a) All land and other property in the district benefit from the creation of the district, the carrying out of the purposes for which the district was created, and the acquisition and construction of navigation facilities and improvements to carry out those purposes.

(b) The district is necessary to carry out Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

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History

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.

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Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.5009.htm
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The Texas Constitution

Tex. Const. art. XVI, § 59CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICTS; INDEBTEDNESS AND TAXATION AUTHORIZED.Printed as Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution

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