{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-60.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 60.051","heading":"GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.","body":"(a) A district has the powers and duties that are prescribed by this chapter and that are necessary or desirable to carry out a power or duty expressly or implicitly granted to the district under this chapter.\n(b) A district may own or implement more than one project under this chapter.\n(c) A district may merge with another district or districts provided that the board of each district agrees to the merger.\n(d) A district may perform acts necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.\n(e) A district may not impose an ad valorem tax.\n(f) A district may make payments in lieu of taxes to a school district or county in the manner provided by Sections 60.022(9) and (10).\n(g) To the extent consistent with the purposes of this chapter, a district may enter into an installment purchase contract to acquire goods or services for the district.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1393, Sec. 1, eff. June 16, 2001.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 4. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 60. TEXAS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER C. DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.60.htm#60.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"cb5af53509ca144e64759b57a9a82ff1f7298e9507e1e901c0cf9aa25e1bb38f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-60.033","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-60.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}