Powers Under Constitution and Other Law

Sec. 8501.151. POWERS UNDER CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAW. The authority has the powers of a conservation and reclamation district under the constitution and other laws of this state, including the powers: (1) expressly authorized in Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for a district created to conserve, store, control, preserve, use, and distribute the storm water and floodwater and the water of the rivers and streams of the state; (2) implied by the purposes of that section of the constitution; and (3) given by general law. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.