Tex. Water Code § 57.091 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A district may be created for the following purposes:
(1) to construct and maintain levees and other improvements on, along, and contiguous to rivers, creeks, and streams;
(2) to reclaim lands from overflow from these streams;
(3) to control and distribute the waters of rivers and streams by straightening and otherwise improving them; and
(4) to provide for the proper drainage and other improvement of the reclaimed land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, 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.57.htm
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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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