Sec. 51.331. AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF WASTE AND CONTROL STORM WATER. (a) A district may include in its purposes and plans all improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, and appliances incident to or helpful or necessary to the collection, transportation, processing, disposal, and control of all domestic, industrial, or communal wastes, whether fluids, solids, or composites, and to gather, conduct, divert, and control local storm water or other local harmful excesses of water.
(b) The district may use any mechanical or chemical means or processes incident, necessary, or helpful to accomplish these purposes, and to conserve and promote the public health and welfare, and to protect, effect, or restore the purity and sanitary condition of the state's water.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 328, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 4 - General Law Districts
Chapter 51 - Water Control and Improvement Districts
Subchapter H. Waste Disposal and Control of Storm Water
Section 51.331. Authority to Dispose of Waste and Control Storm Water
Section 51.332. Increasing District's Powers
Section 51.333. Approval of Petition Creating District
Section 51.334. Election Provisions
Section 51.335. Other Governmental Agencies Included
Section 51.336. Additional Land
Section 51.337. Powers of District