{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-59.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 59.004","heading":"PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.","body":"A district shall be created:\n(1) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire sources of water supply;\n(2) to build, operate, and maintain facilities for the transportation of water;\n(3) to sell water to cities, to political subdivisions of this state, to water supply corporations, to private business entities, and to individuals;\n(4) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire equipment and mechanisms necessary for sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment;\n(5) to build, operate, and maintain facilities for sanitary sewer and wastewater treatment;\n(6) to transport and treat sanitary sewer and wastewater effluent of cities and political subdivisions of this state and for private business entities or individuals;\n(7) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire equipment and mechanisms for the drainage of storm water and floodwater; and\n(8) for the purposes outlined in Section 54.012.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 59. REGIONAL DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER A. DISTRICT CREATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.59.htm#59.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"f77ac8772b3640ffa7343d201a7f7d31ed96c71ffad2266c1b58431ee02221fc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-59.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-59.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}