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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 65 - Special Utility Districts
Subchapter B. Creation of District; Conversion of District
Section 65.012. Purposes of District

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TX Water Code § 65.012 (2025)
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Sec. 65.012. PURPOSES OF DISTRICT. A district may be created:

(1) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire sources of water supply; to build, operate, and maintain facilities for the transportation of water; and to sell water to towns, cities, and other political subdivisions of this state, to private business entities, and to individuals;

(2) for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of fire-fighting facilities to perform all fire-fighting activities within the district; or

(3) for the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the district.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2448, ch. 435, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 447, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 15, 1985; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 494, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.

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