{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.181","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.181","heading":"JOINT ACQUISITION OF MORTGAGED SYSTEM BY TWO OR MORE DISTRICTS.","body":"(a) Two or more districts jointly may acquire by gift, grant, or purchase any part of an irrigation system serving the districts subject to a mortgage or encumbrances in the same manner that a single district may acquire the system.\n(b) In the proceedings authorizing the acquisition, the boards of the respective districts shall define clearly the respective rights, interest, and liability of the districts in the acquired property and in the mortgage or encumbrance.\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 D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.51.htm#51.181","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"a44d5b9e618bb60aee98d35fbe3c987f3bd64781928051030c23a81c9fff1d7d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.180","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.182"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}