{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.185","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 55.185","heading":"CONTRACT WITH THE UNITED STATES.","body":"The board may enter into a contract or other obligation with the United States for the following purposes:\n(1) to construct, operate, and maintain necessary facilities to deliver and distribute water;\n(2) to drain district land;\n(3) to assume debt for district land;\n(4) to rent temporarily United States water for use on district land under the federal reclamation laws; or\n(5) to furnish a water supply to the district under any act of Congress which authorizes it.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 445, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 55. WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.55.htm#55.185","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"7cde288adfa20b430680dde2e5b61be5f98833f6ae99e42981a42b3549280cbf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.167","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-55.186"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}