Texas Water Code

§ 51.121 — PURPOSES OF DISTRICT

WA § 51.121Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS · Art. D. POWERS AND DUTIES

Statute text

(a)A water control and improvement district organized under the provisions of Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution, may provide for:

(1)the improvement of rivers, creeks, and streams to prevent overflows, to permit navigation or irrigation, or to aid in these purposes; or

(2)the construction and maintenance of pools, lakes, reservoirs, dams, canals, and waterways for irrigation, drainage, or navigation, or to aid these purposes.

(b)A water control and improvement district organized under the provisions of Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may provide for:

(1)the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its water and floodwater and the water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and all other useful purposes;

(2)the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid, and other land which needs irrigation;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 455 (H.B. 4370), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.