{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-49.233","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 49.233","heading":"ELECTRIC GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, AND DISTRIBUTION FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS.","body":"(a) A district that owns or operates raw water pipelines that convey surface water, groundwater, or both surface water and groundwater, through more than 10 counties for municipal and industrial purposes may:\n(1) develop, generate, transmit, or distribute water power and electric energy inside the district's boundaries for its own use;\n(2) purchase electric energy from any available source for use at a facility the district owns, operates, and maintains inside the district's boundaries;\n(3) enter into an agreement to acquire, install, construct, finance, operate, make an addition to, own, or operate an electric energy generating, transmission, or distribution facility jointly with another person; or\n(4) sell or otherwise dispose of any of the district's interest in a jointly owned facility described by Subdivision (3).\n(b) A district governed by this section:\n(1) is subject to the transmission line certification provisions of Chapter 37, Utilities Code;\n(2) may not generate electricity by means of hydroelectric generation.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 405, Sec. 58, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 49. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER H. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.49.htm#49.233","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"d00f50efbc1fa3ab2baec4a471bff5ec534567de29a0315861701b9714620c94","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-49.232","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-49.234"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}