{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.185","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.185","heading":"SUIT TO PROTECT WATER RIGHTS.","body":"The board may institute and maintain any suit or suits to protect the water supply or other rights of the district, to prevent any unlawful interference with the water supply or other rights of the district, or to prevent a diversion of its water supply by others.\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#51.185","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"2cb9481dc8f0b12227b16d86e6511054119709a8468e8a912ede8e5709d2ba80","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.184","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}