(a) The district may exercise any power granted by Chapter 30, Water Code, to a water district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the power to collect, transport, process, treat, dispose of, and control all municipal, domestic, industrial, or communal waste, whether in fluid, solid, or composite state, including the control, abatement, or reduction of any type of pollution.(b) The powers granted to the district by Chapter 30, Water Code, are for the purposes of conservation and development of the natural resources of this state within the meaning of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.06, eff. April 1, 2009.
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