{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-6610.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 6610.102","heading":"GENERAL RECLAMATION AND DRAINAGE POWERS.","body":"The district may:\n(1) devise plans and construct works to lessen and control floods and excess water;\n(2) reclaim land in the district;\n(3) provide drainage facilities and improvements for the reclamation and drainage of the overflowed land and other land in the district that needs drainage;\n(4) acquire and construct properties, facilities, and improvements inside or outside the district that in the judgment of the board are necessary to lessen and control floods in the district or to facilitate drainage and reclamation of land in the district;\n(5) remove natural or artificial obstructions from streams and watercourses; and\n(6) clean, straighten, widen, and maintain streams, watercourses, and drainage ditches.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2017.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE A. DRAINAGE DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 6610. SAN PATRICIO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.6610.htm#6610.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"7606c108f259456ff1bda02e3b015b12787f94b1e42ba92ccd4c10b5f8be5efd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-6610.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-6610.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}