(a) The district:(1) by gift, devise, purchase, lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain, may acquire inside the district an easement, right-of-way, or other property needed to carry on the work of the district; and(2) by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, may acquire outside the district an easement or right-of-way.(b) Before the district acquires by exercise of the power of eminent domain an easement or right-of-way outside the district, the acquisition must be unanimously approved by the entire commissioners court of the county in which the easement or right-of-way is located.(c) The district must exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by Chapter 21, Property Code. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.03, eff. April 1, 2011.