{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.197","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 16.197","heading":"LEASE OF LAND PRIOR TO PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.","body":"The board may lease tracts of land acquired for project purposes for a term of years for any purpose not inconsistent with ultimate project construction. The lease shall be scheduled to expire before initiation of project construction.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE C. WATER DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. SALE OR LEASE OF FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.16.htm#16.197","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"ae36c95b225c7a6e930cf0990ce29eb539eddabb665147f562d75b17daf7f457","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.196","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.198"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}