Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8834.110: GENERAL POWERS RELATED TO PROPERTY AND CONTRACTS.

(a) The board may:
(1) purchase, lease, own, convey, and dispose of property both inside and outside district territory necessary or convenient to exercise the board's powers, duties, and functions under this chapter;
(2) construct, purchase, lease, or acquire in some other manner any material or property, including supplies, equipment, vehicles, or machinery, necessary to carry out this chapter;
(3) accept a grant, gift, or devise of property; or
(4) accept a grant, gift, loan, or other distribution of money.
(b) The district may make or accept a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan in any form to or from any public source approved by the board, including a governmental entity.
(c) The district may enter into a contract, covenant, or agreement the board considers appropriate related to a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan.
(d) The board may enter into a contract with any person to carry out this chapter.
(e) The district may enter into contracts only in the district's name.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

Where this section sits in the code

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER
CHAPTER 8834. FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

(a) The board may:

(1) purchase, lease, own, convey, and dispose of property both inside and outside district territory necessary or convenient to exercise the board's powers, duties, and functions under this chapter;

(2) construct, purchase, lease, or acquire in some other manner any material or property, including supplies, equipment, vehicles, or machinery, necessary to carry out this chapter;

(3) accept a grant, gift, or devise of property; or

(4) accept a grant, gift, loan, or other distribution of money.

(b) The district may make or accept a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan in any form to or from any public source approved by the board, including a governmental entity.

(c) The district may enter into a contract, covenant, or agreement the board considers appropriate related to a grant, gratuity, advance, or loan.

(d) The board may enter into a contract with any person to carry out this chapter.

(e) The district may enter into contracts only in the district's name.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.

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