Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 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.