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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF‘TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

O*ly”*m SILLLIrn 

Honorable OoerSo II. Cor 

Stata lbedth OiilCOr 

Toxar Stat8 Board or Health 

Auatln, Tour 

Dear Sir: ounty v fr water 

et #II ha** logal 

proaulgat* rulrll 

on8 la roaard to 

0r 8~8mge 8nd 

with the l no1oa.Q 

adopted by the Tr 

Ikrrlr County, To 

unioatlon together 

h you uf -8 

6UQply Dirtfiat FTO. 8 Of 

8aid OOpy 18 a8 rOuOW81 

A 6ANITARY DLSTWCT 

FiW38 WATER SWPLY DWl%ICT 

If=, TEXAS (Al80 kROm m8 

Water Supply Di8triot #O); 

S~TAEY aamm C~.Sknmb 

SAID DIGTRICT; AND I'RCVfDZlW 

Said ordinam30 8eem8 to oonrine it88lr to tha purpooer 

8IId subject mtt8r 8et Out fR 8a%d NptiOn. Howaver, In t!lf8 

r88g8Ot. ~8 are not here p88f.,45 u9OR any 8POeirfiU Prmi8iOn Or 

8ame. 
Hon. Oeorge Pp. Cox, Pago g 

In a telephone aonversation with Mr. V'. M. Ehlerr 

Of JOUr d8parfRi8nt, 8ubaequ8nt to pour 0ommunloatlon, we w8re 

informed that you rlah8d to withdraw your quertion in regard 

to tha Harris County Health Unit. 

This 18ar88 us th8 ta8k Of d8termlnlng your ramainillg query rhloh 18, in IUbltanbe, a8 fOiiOW8: 

Doen 8U0h Fro8h Water Supply Di8triot hat8 

tha legal authority to promulgate rulw and regulatlOn8 or this nature, that Is, the oontrol or 

88werage and exorota? 

WI a88RE8, fOr the PUrpOSS8 Of thi8 OpillLtOXl, that 

suoh Dl8trlOt wa8 lagally created under th8 pro+l8ion8 0r 

Chapter 4 0r Title 128, &~vl8ed civil statute8 0r Toxar, 1925, 

as am8nd8d, (Art. 1881 ot 889.. V. A. C. S., and all amendments 

thornto). 

Chapter 4 of Tit18 128, Vornon*8 Annotated Civil 

Statutes, in regard to Fra8h Wat8r Supply Dl8trlOt8, protidas 

In S8otionr 1 and 5 ot Artiole 7990-4, V. A. C. S., a8 fo11ows: 

Y3eotlon 1. Fraeh Water Supply Di8trlot8 

heretofor or hereafter oreat4a under the provision8 of Chaptar 4 oi Title 128, bT188d aId1 

Statute8 ot Tasa8, 1925, 88 amend8d, and looatod 

wholly within a oounty having a population in OX0888 0r five hundred thousand (sao,oao) inhabitant8 

aooordlng to the lart praoeding or any futUr8 

pa&oral o8n8U8. in 8dditiOn t0 tha POUlar8 h8r8tOrare gr8nted, ire hereby authorized to purQha80, 

oon8truot. aoaulre. own. operato. rapalr. improve 

and 8xt8nd eanltary 8aWOr ayetam ror the OolXeotion. transportation. prooe8fJing. di8Po8al and 

oontrol or all d tlo. lndu8trlal and OommUnal 

x8.* (Jhpha~*addOd) 

uSeotlon 5. Such Di8triOt8 shall further 

hare the vower to adopt and enroroo rear= 

ruler and regulation8 relating to th8 1 t 11 - 

tion, maintenance and operation of plumbing iLxtures and facrf~lftbs within WOh Di8triot8. in 
Bon. Gaorgo X. Cot, Fag0 3 

ordsr to maintain 8are and 8*nltarr ooadttlon8 

health 8nd welfare of the inbabltants t&reof 

within 8UOh Ci8triOt8 and to prOt.Ot th 11V.8, 

Th. Bollrda Of %~X’Vt8Or8 Or 8uOh cl triOt8 E& 

preroribe rearonable penaltlse ror 28 breaob 

of any rule or regulation 80 adopted, whloh 

p8Mltt.8 8hall not l xo..d t1R.8 Of more thsn 

Two Bundmd (3800.00) DOllor or impriromront 

in jail for IDOre than thfrtt day8, or both 8wh 

fin08 Uhd i8Ipri8008IOBt, whiOh pW8iti.8 8haii be 

in 8ddition to otlnr penaltie provide6 by law 

8od may be l nforoed ln any Court of proper &1x-18- 

diOtiOB in th. aOUBtf in WhiOh the Di8triO$'8 

prlnolplrl orriae 18 looat8dg provided however, 

th8t no rtie or regtiation rhloh provider a penalty for the ViOl8tiOSl thereor 8hA11 b8 In 8rr.ot, 

88 to the enforoomant of t& pomlty, until e 

brief, 8Ub8t.nti.l 8tStW8llt Of 8UOh X’lll. Or 

re@vlatloa 8ntl t& puulty for tbr rlol.tlon 

thereof 18 publi8h.d 01100 a wok for two oonrooutive wwkr in a new8pap.r of genanl cirOUlatiOn in the 8m In i&iQh 8uoh DintriOt 18 

8ituat.d. Heron (7) dape arter the raoond publloatlon, the prnaltp or teualtl88 provided rhll 

be dr.0tft0, and 8uoh rulra an4 regulation8 8h8ll 

be JUdiOially kOOmB t0 th0 COWt8. (gzlpba818 8dd.d) 

Y&oh Di8triOt8 ahall bo authorized to emplo 

and oonrtltuto their own paaae OrfiOer8, who ahrl 

b. endowed with power to amke arrwt8 rot the aommiulon or any Oii8n8cl agalrut th8 1x188 an6 naubtiOB8 Of th8 Di8ttiJ.t Ol' amislet t!W k8wB Of th8 

State 0r Ta88 when any 8uch offen8. or threatened 

offen ooour8 within the bOUOd&rier Ot 8ald 

Di8tFict8.” 

E8rr18 county ha8 a population or bB,Wl, aooordlng 

to the Federal Cswua or 1960. 

It 18 OUT UAd.r8t8ildi~ frolp OUT OOllDiWiO8tiO~ *Bth 

your Oepartmont t&t MI& Trl-City Frerh Water Supply Dletfiot 

No. e 18 looatsd wtlolly within the county or lhrrlr. 

mererore, In view or the rpeoitio laneuam or tho 
I 

Bon. George W. Cox, Page 4 

8’ tatLIt pointed out herein, we 8nawer your qu88tloa In the 

I 

afrlrmatlre. 

%e haresrlth r88paOtfUlly return ywr 8nOlO8Ur8. 

Your8 rory truly 

ATMRNNY GYZJRRAL OF ‘I'~%#& 

Robert L. Lattlmom, Jr 

A88i8t8At