Tex. Water Code § 55.165 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
DRAINAGE DITCHES: LEVEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The board may include in the plans of the district the necessary drainage ditches, or other facilities for drainage, and levees for the protection of land in the district. The district may purchase all or part of any system belonging to a drainage district. However, the purchase contract shall provide for paying or assuming the debts of the drainage district, and the amount of the debts paid or assumed shall be considered in determining the bond-issuing capacity of the district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 441, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.55.htm
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