Tex. Water Code § 51.125 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A district may construct all works and improvements necessary:
(1) for the prevention of floods;
(2) for the irrigation of land in the district;
(3) for the drainage of land in the district, including drainage ditches or other facilities for drainage;
(4) for the construction of levees to protect the land in the district from overflow;
(5) to alter land elevations where correction is needed;
(6) to supply water for municipal uses, domestic uses, power and commercial purposes, and all other beneficial uses or controls; and
(7) for the construction of geothermal water conveyance systems necessary for the conservation of natural resources.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 455 (H.B. 4370), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm
- Text hash
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- 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
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