Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8440.101 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The district has the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties:
(1) provided by general law applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49, 50, and 54, Water Code;
(2) relating to a road district or road utility district created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
(3) relating to the provision of potable and nonpotable water to the residents and businesses of Travis and Hays Counties, including the construction, acquisition, operation, and maintenance of a supply and distribution facility or system.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a toll road.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2017.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (S.B. 2243), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8440.htm
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The Texas Constitution
- Tex. Const. art. III, § 52RESTRICTIONS ON LENDING CREDIT OR MAKING GRANTS BY POLITICAL CORPORATIONS OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS; AUTHORIZED BONDS; INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.Printed as Section 52, Article III, 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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