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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 8888.001. Definitions - Sec. 8888.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Agricultural crop" means:...
Section 8888.002. Nature of Authority - Sec. 8888.002. NATURE OF AUTHORITY. The authority is a regional...
Section 8888.003. Findings of Public Use and Benefit - Sec. 8888.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT. (a) The...
Section 8888.004. Districts in Authority's Boundaries - Sec. 8888.004. DISTRICTS IN AUTHORITY'S BOUNDARIES. A district in the...
Section 8888.005. Applicability of Other Law - Sec. 8888.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) This chapter prevails...
Subchapter B. Territory
Section 8888.051. Authority Territory - Sec. 8888.051. AUTHORITY TERRITORY. The authority is composed of the...
Section 8888.052. Local Government Annexation - Sec. 8888.052. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ANNEXATION. Territory annexed by a local...
Section 8888.053. Addition of Water System Service Area - Sec. 8888.053. ADDITION OF WATER SYSTEM SERVICE AREA. If territory...
Section 8888.054. Inclusion of Certain Territory - Sec. 8888.054. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY. (a) The board of...
Subchapter C. Authority Administration
Section 8888.101. Composition of Board - Sec. 8888.101. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. The authority is governed by...
Section 8888.102. Election of Directors - Sec. 8888.102. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. (a) One director is elected...
Section 8888.103. Election Date - Sec. 8888.103. ELECTION DATE. The authority shall hold an election...
Section 8888.104. Qualification for Office - Sec. 8888.104. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE. To be eligible to serve...
Section 8888.105. Board Vacancy - Sec. 8888.105. BOARD VACANCY. (a) The board shall appoint a...
Section 8888.106. Meetings - Sec. 8888.106. MEETINGS. The board shall meet at least four...
Section 8888.107. General Manager - Sec. 8888.107. GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The board shall employ a...
Section 8888.108. Employees - Sec. 8888.108. EMPLOYEES. (a) The general manager shall employ all...
Section 8888.109. Fidelity Bond - Sec. 8888.109. FIDELITY BOND. The general manager and each authority...
Subchapter D. Powers and Duties
Section 8888.151. General Powers and Duties - Sec. 8888.151. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The authority has...
Section 8888.152. Additional Powers - Sec. 8888.152. ADDITIONAL POWERS. The authority may: (1) provide for...
Section 8888.153. Authority Rules - Sec. 8888.153. AUTHORITY RULES. (a) The authority shall adopt and...
Section 8888.154. Fees, Rates, and Charges - Sec. 8888.154. FEES, RATES, AND CHARGES. As necessary to enable...
Section 8888.155. Fee Amounts - Sec. 8888.155. FEE AMOUNTS. Fees established by the board must...
Section 8888.156. Production Fees - Sec. 8888.156. PRODUCTION FEES. (a) The authority may charge the...
Section 8888.157. Groundwater Reduction Plan - Sec. 8888.157. GROUNDWATER REDUCTION PLAN. (a) The authority may develop,...
Section 8888.158. Water Supply and Drought Contingency Plans - Sec. 8888.158. WATER SUPPLY AND DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS. As needed...
Section 8888.159. Acquisition, Construction, and Operation of Systems - Sec. 8888.159. ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF SYSTEMS. (a) The...
Section 8888.160. Storage, Sale, or Reuse of Water or By-Product - Sec. 8888.160. STORAGE, SALE, OR REUSE OF WATER OR BY-PRODUCT....
Section 8888.161. General Contracting Authority - Sec. 8888.161. GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. (a) The authority may enter...
Section 8888.162. Specific Contracting Authority - Sec. 8888.162. SPECIFIC CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. The authority may contract for:...
Section 8888.163. Purchase of Surplus Property - Sec. 8888.163. PURCHASE OF SURPLUS PROPERTY. (a) The authority may...
Section 8888.164. Purchase of Interest in Project - Sec. 8888.164. PURCHASE OF INTEREST IN PROJECT. The authority may...
Section 8888.165. Cooperation With Public Entities - Sec. 8888.165. COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC ENTITIES. (a) In implementing this...
Section 8888.166. Surface Water Delivery System - Sec. 8888.166. SURFACE WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM. (a) In this section,...
Section 8888.167. Conditional Approval of Construction Projects - Sec. 8888.167. CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. (a) The commission...
Section 8888.168. Statement of Amounts of Water to Be Delivered - Sec. 8888.168. STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS OF WATER TO BE DELIVERED....
Section 8888.169. Effect of Municipal Annexation on Fees and Services - Sec. 8888.169. EFFECT OF MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION ON FEES AND SERVICES....
Section 8888.170. Civil Penalty; Civil Action; Injunction - Sec. 8888.170. CIVIL PENALTY; CIVIL ACTION; INJUNCTION. (a) A person...
Section 8888.171. Eminent Domain - Sec. 8888.171. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The authority may exercise the...
Subchapter E. General Financial Provisions
Section 8888.201. Gift or Grant From Subsidence District - Sec. 8888.201. GIFT OR GRANT FROM SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT. The authority...
Section 8888.202. Authorization of Disbursement - Sec. 8888.202. AUTHORIZATION OF DISBURSEMENT. A disbursement of the authority...
Section 8888.203. Ad Valorem Tax Prohibited - Sec. 8888.203. AD VALOREM TAX PROHIBITED. The authority may not...
Section 8888.204. Cooperative Funding - Sec. 8888.204. COOPERATIVE FUNDING. (a) The authority may develop a...
Subchapter F. Notes and Bonds
Section 8888.251. Revenue Notes - Sec. 8888.251. REVENUE NOTES. (a) The board, without an election,...
Section 8888.252. Revenue and Bond Anticipation Notes - Sec. 8888.252. REVENUE AND BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES. (a) The board...
Section 8888.253. Bonds and Notes - Sec. 8888.253. BONDS AND NOTES. (a) To carry out a...
Section 8888.254. Bonds Secured by Contract Proceeds: Approval - Sec. 8888.254. BONDS SECURED BY CONTRACT PROCEEDS: APPROVAL. (a) If...
Section 8888.255. Refunding Bonds - Sec. 8888.255. REFUNDING BONDS. The provisions of this subchapter regarding...
Section 8888.256. Validity of Bonds After Addition of Territory - Sec. 8888.256. VALIDITY OF BONDS AFTER ADDITION OF TERRITORY. The...