Texas Statutes
§ 8878.002 — NATURE OF AUTHORITY.
Texas § 8878.002
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Code SDSpecial District Local Laws Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Special District Local Laws Code Code Ann. § 8878.002 (2026).
Text
Sec. 8878.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. The authority is a regional water authority in Fort Bend County created under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59 , Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the acquisition and provision of surface water and groundwater for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and other uses, the reduction of groundwater withdrawals, the conservation, preservation, protection, and recharge of groundwater and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, the prevention of waste of groundwater, the control of subsidence caused by the withdrawal of water from groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. The authority is a political subdivision of this state.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (S.B. 1870 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Nearby Sections
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§ 8878.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 8878.002
NATURE OF AUTHORITY.§ 8878.003
CONFIRMATION ELECTION NOT REQUIRED.§ 8878.004
INITIAL AUTHORITY TERRITORY.§ 8878.005
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY.§ 8878.006
ANNEXATION.§ 8878.007
APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW.§ 8878.008
FINDING OF BENEFIT.§ 8878.051
DIRECTORS; TERMS.§ 8878.052
ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR.§ 8878.053
DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.§ 8878.054
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.§ 8878.055
SINGLE-MEMBER DIRECTOR PRECINCTS.§ 8878.056
METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
Texas § 8878.002, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/SD/8878.002.