Powers Under Constitution and Other Law

Sec. 8504.101. POWERS UNDER CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAW. The authority has and is vested with the powers of a conservation and reclamation district under the constitution and other laws of this state, including the powers: (1) expressly authorized by Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for a district created to conserve, store, control, preserve, use, and distribute storm water, 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) conferred by general law. Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2015.