Sec. 9005.053. PURCHASE OR USE OF WATER. (a) The district may:
(1) acquire a water or a water supply facility inside or outside the district from any person, including:
(A) this state or any agency or subdivision of this state; and
(B) the United States; and
(2) treat, use, distribute, and sell, inside or outside the district, any water the district acquires.
(b) Before exercising a power under Subsection (a), the board must determine that adequate provisions can be made to continue to serve the water requirements in the district.
(c) The district's powers under this section are under the continuing supervision of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Chapters 5 and 6, Water Code.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 729 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 1.08, eff. April 1, 2007.
Last modified: September 28, 2016