{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.048","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.048","heading":"PURPOSES OF MASTER DISTRICT.","body":"(a) A master district may be created to conduct preliminary surveys and to develop a plan for the control and use of the water of any given stream, so that the improvements on one part of a watershed will be mechanically and economically related to all other improvements on the stream or its watershed.\n(b) A master district also may be created to enable districts to pool their resources when necessary to economically:\n(1) make preliminary surveys;\n(2) adopt a plan to coordinate the plants, improvements, and facilities of the several constituent districts;\n(3) provide the improvements and facilities proposed to be constructed and furnished by the master district;\n(4) provide improvements for the common benefit of the several districts;\n(5) enable the districts jointly to make purchases; or\n(6) maintain or operate works for the common benefit of the several districts.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 51. WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm#51.048","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"d8c8418c75c6fa5f50406d6f425b18f8046a714204a70f39ee26c99eeacac374","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.047","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.049"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}