{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-65.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 65.012","heading":"PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.","body":"A district may be created:\n(1) to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise acquire sources of water supply; to build, operate, and maintain facilities for the transportation of water; and to sell water to towns, cities, and other political subdivisions of this state, to private business entities, and to individuals;\n(2) for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of fire-fighting facilities to perform all fire-fighting activities within the district; or\n(3) for the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the district.\nAdded by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2448, ch. 435, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 29, 1983. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 447, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 15, 1985; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 494, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS","CHAPTER 65. SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICTS","SUBCHAPTER B. CREATION OF DISTRICT; CONVERSION OF DISTRICT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.65.htm#65.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"195a75f0bc3e55bee533a66c69fdba6f54f45577a257131945047708babee121","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-65.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-65.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}