Texas Water Code

§ 55.185 — CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES

WA § 55.185Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 55. WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS · Art. D. POWERS AND DUTIES

The board may enter into a contract or other obligation with the United States for the following purposes:

(1)to construct, operate, and maintain necessary facilities to deliver and distribute water;

(2)to drain district land;

(3)to assume debt for district land;

(4)to rent temporarily United States water for use on district land under the federal reclamation laws; or

(5)to furnish a water supply to the district under any act of Congress which authorizes it.

Legislative history

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 445, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.