Texas § WA.51.196 - DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS
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§ WA.51.196. DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS
DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS. A conservation and reclamation district created by special law under the authority of Section 59 , Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and designated as a municipal water district to which the administrative and taxing provisions applicable to districts governed by this chapter apply, may develop or otherwise acquire underground sources of water, notwithstanding a provision in that district's special law otherwise prohibiting the development of acquisition of underground water. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. SUBCHAPTER E. ELECTION PROVISIONS
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