{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.196","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 51.196","heading":"DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.","body":"A conservation and reclamation district created by special law under the authority of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and designated as a municipal water district to which the administrative and taxing provisions applicable to districts governed by this chapter apply, may develop or otherwise acquire underground sources of water, notwithstanding a provision in that district's special law otherwise prohibiting the development of acquisition of underground water.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.45, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","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#51.196","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"86e0fa668fdcd088fdd94f9fbf624728c2b004ad1e42a7bf48e73a6067f1d728","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.195","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-51.221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}