Tex. Water Code § 56.143 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
CONTRACT FOR IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE UNITED STATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any district which is converted under Section 56.032 of this code and which lies wholly within one county may enter into contracts with the United States, including the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of Interior, to construct improvements.
(b) The board must approve the project, plans and specifications, and methods of constructing or reconstructing the improvements.
(c) After approval, the board may execute a contract for a specified number of years or until the plans or programs of the district are completed and shall pay the obligations incurred under the contract by issuing bonds that are approved by the voters in the manner provided for issuing other bonds of the district. The board shall deliver the bonds to the United States.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 514, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.56.htm
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