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TX Water Code § 49.216 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.216. Enforcement by Peace Officers

Sec. 49.216.  ENFORCEMENT BY PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  A district may contract for or employ its own peace officers with power to make arrests when necessary to prevent or abate the commission of:(1)  any offense against the rules of the district when the offense or threatened offense occurs on any land, water, or easement owned or controlled by the district;(2)  any offense involving injury or detriment to any property owned or controlled by the district;  and(3)  any offense against the laws of the state.(b)  A district may appoint reserve peace officers who may be called to serve as peace officers by the district during the actual discharge of their official duties.(c)  A reserve peace officer serves at the discretion of the district and may be called into service if the district considers it necessary to have additional officers to preserve the peace in or enforce the law of the district.(d)  A reserve peace officer on active duty and actively engaged in assigned duties has the same rights, privileges, and duties as any other peace officer of the district.(e)  Any peace officer who is directly employed by a district, before beginning to perform any duties and at the time of appointment, must take an oath and execute a bond conditioned on faithful performance of such officer's duties in the amount of $1,000 payable to the district.  The oath and the bond shall be filed in the district office.(f)  A peace officer contracted for by the district, individually or through a county, sheriff, constable, or municipality, is an independent contractor, and the district is responsible for the acts or omissions of the peace officer only to the extent provided by law for other independent contractors.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 105 (S.B. 902), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Water Code § 49.217 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.217. Operation of Certain Motor Vehicles on or Near Public Facilities

Sec. 49.217.  OPERATION OF CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES ON OR NEAR PUBLIC FACILITIES.  (a)  In this section, "motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device in, upon, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a road or highway.(b)  Except as provided in Subsections (c) and (d), a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a levee, in a drainage ditch, or on land adjacent to a levee, canal, ditch, exposed conduit, pipeline, pumping plant, storm water facility, or other facility for the transmission, storage, treatment, or distribution of water, sewage, or storm water owned or controlled by a district.(c)  A district may authorize the use of motor vehicles on land that it owns or controls by posting signs on the property.(d)  This section does not prohibit a person from:(1)  driving on a public road or highway;  or(2)  operating a motor vehicle used for repair or maintenance of public water, sewer, or storm water facilities.(e)  A person who operates a motor vehicle in violation of Subsection (b) commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, except that if a person has been convicted of an offense under this section, a subsequent offense is a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.219 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.219. Acquisition of Existing Facilities

Sec. 49.219.  ACQUISITION OF EXISTING FACILITIES.  Any district may acquire by agreement all or any part of existing water, sanitary sewer, or drainage systems of any water supply corporation, including works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, appliances, contract rights, and other assets and rights that are completed, partially completed, or under construction, and in connection therewith a district may assume all or any part of the contracts, indebtedness, or obligations of the corporation related to said systems, including any contracts, indebtedness, or obligations related to or payable from the revenues of said systems, and may perform all or any part of the obligations of said corporation in the same manner and to the same extent that any other purchaser or assignee could be bound on any such contracts, indebtedness, or obligations.  Before assuming any indebtedness or obligations of such corporation related to any such system, a district other than a special water authority shall obtain the approval of the commission of such assumption.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.220 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.220. Right to Use Existing Rights-of-Way

Sec. 49.220.  RIGHT TO USE EXISTING RIGHTS-OF-WAY.  All districts or water supply corporations are given rights-of-way within, along, under, and across all public, state, county, city, town, or village roads, highways, and rights-of-way and other public rights-of-way without the requirement for surety bond or security;  provided, however, that the entity having jurisdiction over such roads, highways, and rights-of-way may require indemnification.  A district or water supply corporation shall not proceed with any action to change, alter, or damage a portion of the state highway system without having first obtained the written consent of the Texas Department of Transportation, and the placement of any facility of a district or water supply corporation within state highway right-of-way shall be subject to department regulation.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.221 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.221. Right to Enter Land

Sec. 49.221.  RIGHT TO ENTER LAND.  (a)  The directors, engineers, attorneys, agents, operators, and employees of a district or water supply corporation may go on any land to inspect, make surveys, or perform tests to determine the condition, value, and usability of the property, with reference to the proposed location of works, improvements, plants, facilities, equipment, or appliances.  The cost of restoration shall be borne by the district or the water supply corporation.(b)  District employees and agents are entitled to enter any public or private property within the boundaries of the district or adjacent to any reservoir or other property owned by the district at any reasonable time for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the quality of water in the state or the compliance with any rule, regulation, permit, or other order of the district.  District employees or agents acting under this authority who enter private property shall observe the establishment's rules and regulations concerning safety, internal security, and fire protection and shall notify any occupant or management of their presence and shall exhibit proper credentials.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.222 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.222. Eminent Domain

Sec. 49.222.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  A district or water supply corporation may acquire by condemnation any land, easements, or other property inside or outside the district boundaries, or the boundaries of the certificated service area for a water supply corporation, necessary for water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, or flood drainage or control purposes or for any other of its projects or purposes, and may elect to condemn either the fee simple title or a lesser property interest.(b)  The right of eminent domain shall be exercised in the manner provided in Chapter 21, Property Code, except that a district or a water supply corporation shall not be required to give bond for appeal or bond for costs in any condemnation suit or other suit to which it is a party and shall not be required to deposit more than the amount of any award in any suit.(c)  The power of eminent domain may not be used for the condemnation of land for the purpose of acquiring rights to underground water or of water or water rights.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.223 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.223. Costs of Relocation of Property

Sec. 49.223.  COSTS OF RELOCATION OF PROPERTY.  (a)  In the event that the district or the water supply corporation, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain or power of relocation or any other power, makes necessary the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade of or alteration in construction of any road, bridge, highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph, or telephone properties, facilities, or pipelines, all necessary relocations, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction shall be done at the sole expense of the district or the water supply corporation unless otherwise agreed to in writing.  Such relocation shall be accomplished in a timely manner so that the project of the district or the water supply corporation is not delayed.(b)  "Sole expense" means the actual cost of the relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, or change in grade or alteration of construction and providing comparable replacement without enhancing the facilities after deducting from it the net salvage value derived from the old facility.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.224 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.224. Power to Condemn Cemeteries

Sec. 49.224.  POWER TO CONDEMN CEMETERIES.  (a)  The use of land for the construction of district dams and creation of lakes and reservoirs for the purpose of conservation and development of the natural resources of this state is hereby declared to be superior to all other uses, and for these purposes only a district has the power of eminent domain to acquire land, improvements, and other property owned and held for cemeteries or burial places necessary for the construction of a dam or that lies inside the area to be covered by the lake or reservoir or within 300 feet of the high water line of the lake or reservoir.(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the procedure in condemnation proceedings is governed by Chapter 21, Property Code.(c)  Notice shall be served on the title owner of the land on which the cemetery is situated as provided in Chapter 21, Property Code.  General notice to persons having relatives interred in the cemetery shall be given by publication for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper circulated in the county in which the cemetery is situated.(d)  The measure of damages in these eminent domain proceedings shall be assessed as in other condemnation cases.  An additional amount of damages shall be assessed to cover the cost of removing and reinterring the bodies interred in the cemetery or burial place and the cost of removing and resetting the monuments or markers erected at the graves.(e)  The additional assessment shall be deposited in the registry of the county court and disbursed only for the purpose of removing and reinterring the bodies in other cemeteries in Texas agreed on between the district and the relatives of the deceased persons.(f)  If in any case the district and the relatives of a deceased person cannot agree within 30 days on a cemetery for reinterment, or no relatives appear within that time, then the county judge shall designate the cemetery for reinterment.(g)  Instead of depositing the additional assessment in the registry of the court, the district may execute a bond sufficient to cover costs of removing and reinterring the bodies.  The bond shall be payable to and approved by the county judge and conditioned that the bodies will be removed and reinterred as provided by this section.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.225 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.225. Leases

Sec. 49.225.  LEASES.  A district may lease any of its property, real or personal, to any person.  The lease may contain the terms and provisions that the board determines to be advantageous to the district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.226 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.226. Sale or Exchange of Real or Personal Property

Sec. 49.226.  SALE OR EXCHANGE OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY.  (a)  Any personal property valued at more than $300 or any land or interest in land owned by the district which is found by the board to be surplus and is not needed by the district may be sold under order of the board either by public or private sale, or the land, interest in land, or personal property may be exchanged for other land, interest in land, or personal property needed by the district.  Except as provided in Subsection (b), land, interest in land, or personal property must be exchanged for like fair market value, which value may be determined by the district.  In connection with the sale of surplus land, the board, at its discretion, may impose restrictions on the development and use of the land.(b)  Any property dedicated to or acquired by the district without expending district funds may be abandoned or released to the original grantor, the grantor's heirs, assigns, executors, or successors upon terms and conditions deemed necessary or advantageous to the district and without receiving compensation for such abandonment or release.  District property may also be abandoned, released, exchanged, or transferred to another district, municipality, county, countywide agency, or authority upon terms and conditions deemed necessary or advantageous to the district.  Narrow strips of property resulting from boundary or surveying conflicts or similar causes, or from insubstantial encroachments by abutting property owners, or property of larger configuration that has been subject to encroachments by abutting property owners for more than 25 years may be abandoned, released, exchanged, or transferred to such abutting owners upon terms and conditions deemed necessary or advantageous to the district.  Chapter 272, Local Government Code, does not apply to this section.(c)  Before a public sale of real property, the district shall give notice of the intent to sell by publishing notice once a week for two consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers with general circulation in the district.(d)  If the district has outstanding bonds secured by a pledge of tax revenues, the proceeds of the sale of property originally acquired with bond proceeds shall be:(1)  applied to retire outstanding bonds of the district;  or(2)  held and treated as surplus bond proceeds and spent only as provided by the rules of the commission relating to surplus bond proceeds.(e)  If the district does not have any outstanding bonds, the proceeds derived from the sale of real or personal property may be used for any lawful purpose.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 14, eff. June 17, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 16, eff. June 18, 2003.|
TX Water Code § 49.2261 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.2261. Purchase, Sale, or Other Exchange of Water or Water Rights

Sec. 49.2261.  PURCHASE, SALE, OR OTHER EXCHANGE OF WATER OR WATER RIGHTS.  Notwithstanding any other law, the district may:(1)  purchase, acquire, sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise exchange water or water rights under an agreement between the district and a person or entity that contains terms that are considered advantageous to the district;  and(2)  employ agents, consultants, brokers, professionals, or other persons that the board determines are necessary or appropriate to conduct a transaction described by Subdivision (1).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 49.227 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.227. Authority to Act Jointly

Sec. 49.227.  AUTHORITY TO ACT JOINTLY.  A district or water supply corporation may act jointly with any other person or entity, private or public, whether within the State of Texas or the United States, in the performance of any of the powers and duties permitted by this code or any other laws.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.228 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.228. Damage to Property

Sec. 49.228.  DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.  A person who wilfully destroys, defaces, damages, or interferes with district or water supply corporation property is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.229 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.229. Grants and Gifts

Sec. 49.229.  GRANTS AND GIFTS.  A district may accept grants, gratuities, advances, and loans in any form from any source approved by the board, including any governmental entity, any private or public corporation, and any other person and may make and enter into contracts, agreements, and covenants the board considers appropriate in connection with acceptance of grants, gratuities, advances, and loans.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.2291 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.2291. Donations for Economic Development

Sec. 49.2291.  DONATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.  (a) In this section, "economic development program" has the meaning assigned by Section 152.151.(b)  This section applies only to a district located in the unincorporated area of a county with a population of four million or more.(c)  A district may accept a donation in any form from any source approved by the board to provide funds to a nonprofit organization providing economic development programs that the board determines will preserve property values in the district.(d)  A contract with a nonprofit organization providing economic development programs described by Subsection (c) may include the specific uses of donations collected by the district on behalf of the nonprofit organization under this section.(e)  A contract entered into under Subsection (d) must require the nonprofit organization administering the program to:(1)  maintain accounting records and funds independent of all other funds unrelated to the program;(2)  make the records maintained under Subdivision (1) available for public inspection at reasonable times;(3)  have an annual independent audit made of the accounting records and funds;(4)  use the funds only for programs in a county described by Subsection (b); and(5)  reimburse the district for costs of collection incurred by the district, except to the extent that the district agrees to bear those costs.(f)  All records of the administrator of an economic development program, unless protected from disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, shall be public information, as defined by Section 552.002, Government Code. (g)  A district providing potable water or sewer service may, as part of its billing process, collect from customers voluntary donations on behalf of a nonprofit organization providing economic development programs described by Subsection (c).  A district that collects voluntary donations under this subsection must give reasonable notice to customers that the donations are voluntary.  If a donation is included in the total amount of a district's bill to a customer, the bill must identify the exact amount of the donation and include a telephone number the customer can call to have the donation deleted from the bill and any future bills issued to that customer.  Water and sewer service may not be terminated as a result of failing to pay a voluntary donation. |Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (H.B. 2528), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.|
TX Water Code § 49.230 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.230. Area-Wide Wastewater Treatment

Sec. 49.230.  AREA-WIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT.  The powers and duties conferred on the district are granted subject to the policy of the state to encourage the development and use of integrated area-wide wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal systems to serve the wastewater disposal needs of the citizens of the state whenever economically feasible and competitive to do so, it being an objective of the policy to avoid the economic burden to the people and the impact on the quality of the water in the state that result from the construction and operation of numerous small wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal facilities to serve an area when an integrated area-wide wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal system for the area can be reasonably provided.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 49.232 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 4 - General Law Districts|Chapter 49 - Provisions Applicable to All Districts|Subchapter H. Powers and Duties|Section 49.232. Laboratory and Environmental Services

Sec. 49.232.  LABORATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.  A district may contract with any person, within or without the boundaries of the district, to provide or receive laboratory or environmental services related to environmental, health, or drinking water testing.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1070, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|