{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-9305.0301","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 9305.0301","heading":"GENERAL POWERS.","body":"Text of section effective on April 01, 2027\nThe district may:\n(1) control, store, and distribute the water and flood water in the district for or in aid of conserving, preserving, reclaiming, and improving the land and soil in the district;\n(2) carry out flood prevention measures to prevent or aid in preventing damage to land and soil and the fertility of the land and soil;\n(3) engage in land treatment measures to prevent deterioration, erosion, and loss of land and soil;\n(4) carry out preventive and control measures in the district;\n(5) construct, acquire, improve, carry out, maintain, repair, and operate dams, structures, projects, and works of improvement for:\n(A) flood prevention, including structural and land treatment measures;\n(B) agricultural and land treatment measures; and\n(C) agricultural phases of the conservation, development, use, and disposal of water in the district; and\n(6) purchase or acquire other facilities and equipment necessarily connected with the functions described by Subdivision (5) and engage in activities necessary to carry out those functions.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 203 (H.B. 1615), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2027.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE J. WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 9305. ESCONDIDO WATERSHED DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.9305.htm#9305.0301","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"25c6e3d76f2905d53e7c02bdf487f75003cf4fde53fd24cc64f0c41eef2713a6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-9305.0211","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-9305.0302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}