Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8282.152: AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE WORKS AND FACILITIES.

Subject to compliance with applicable codes, ordinances, resolutions, and rules of the city, the district may plan, lay out, purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, repair, or improve, inside or outside the boundaries of the district, any works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances, including any administrative buildings, properties, and facilities, any permits, franchises, licenses, or contract or property rights, and any levees, drains, waterways, lakes, reservoirs, channels, conduits, sewers, dams, storm water detention facilities, or other similar facilities and improvements, whether for municipal, industrial, agricultural, recreational, conservation, reclamation, or flood control purposes, that are necessary, helpful, or incidental to the exercise of any right, power, privilege, or function provided by this chapter.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.