Texas Water Code

§ 51.048 — PURPOSES OF MASTER DISTRICT

WA § 51.048Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS · Art. B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT

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(a)A master district may be created to conduct preliminary surveys and to develop a plan for the control and use of the water of any given stream, so that the improvements on one part of a watershed will be mechanically and economically related to all other improvements on the stream or its watershed.

(b)A master district also may be created to enable districts to pool their resources when necessary to economically:

(1)make preliminary surveys;

(2)adopt a plan to coordinate the plants, improvements, and facilities of the several constituent districts;

(3)provide the improvements and facilities proposed to be constructed and furnished by the master district;

(4)provide improvements for the common benefit of the several districts;

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Legislative history

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.