{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8873.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8873.002","heading":"NATURE OF DISTRICT; FINDINGS.","body":"(a) The district is a groundwater conservation district in Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby Counties created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.\n(b) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.\n(c) All of the land and other property included within the boundaries of the district will be benefited by the works and projects that are to be accomplished by the district under powers conferred by this chapter and by Chapter 36, Water Code.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 496 (S.B. 1840), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER For contingent expiration of this chapter, see Section 8873.003.","CHAPTER 8873. DEEP EAST TEXAS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8873.htm#8873.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"089c884d247255236012461d25132570c85dedf3d923b88801d96339145bb01e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8873.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8873.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}