Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8510.0301 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
GENERAL POWERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority has:
(1) the functions, powers, rights, and duties as may permit the authority to accomplish the purposes for which it is created;
(2) the powers of this state under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(3) all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred on navigation districts by general law.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the authority has the rights, power, and privileges conferred by the general law applicable to a water control and improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapter 51, Water Code.
(c) The authority is governed by Chapters 49, 60, and 62, Water Code, but in all areas of conflict, Chapter 62 takes precedence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 914 (H.B. 3530), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8510.htm
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