(a) The district has the:(1) rights, powers, functions, and privileges provided to a conservation and reclamation district by the Texas Constitution and general law;(2) rights, powers, privileges, and duties provided to a drainage district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and organized under general law, including Chapters 49 and 56, Water Code; and(3) powers of government and the authority to exercise the rights, privileges, and functions conferred by this chapter.(b) The district has the right and power of a drainage district organized under Chapter 56, Water Code, to impose taxes and issue bonds. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (S.B. 1162), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2017.
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