Permits; Water Supply Acquisition

Sec. 8273.103. PERMITS; WATER SUPPLY ACQUISITION. The authority may: (1) acquire water appropriation permits, construction permits, and other permits directly from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or from owners of permits; (2) acquire water or a water supply from any person, including a public agency, this state, or the United States; (3) contract with one or more substantial users of water to acquire the water supply on an agreed allocation of storage space between the authority and the user; or (4) contract independently for the authority's water supply. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.