(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district has all the authority under Chapters 49 and 65, Water Code, of a special utility district to acquire by condemnation any land, easement, or other property located inside or outside the boundaries of the district for any district project or purpose.(b) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn, for sanitary sewer purposes, land, easements, or other property located outside the boundaries of the district. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1169 (H.B. 3498), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1361 (S.B. 1894), Sec. 4.01, eff. June 18, 2005.
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