CHAPTER 9301. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER TEN - Texas Statutes

SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE

TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER

SUBTITLE J. WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 9301. CAMERON COUNTY WATER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER

TEN

Sec. 9301.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" means

the Cameron County Water Improvement District Number Ten.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a

conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59,

Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.003. PURPOSE. The purposes of the district are:

(1) to reclaim and irrigate the district's arid, semiarid, and

other lands needing irrigation;

(2) to reclaim and drain the district's overflowed lands and

other lands needing drainage; and

(3) all other purposes under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas

Constitution.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district is composed of

the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 110, Acts of the

41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929, as that territory may

have been modified under:

(1) Chapter 2, Title 128, Revised Statutes, before August 30,

1971;

(2) Chapter 55, Water Code, before September 1, 1995;

(3) Subchapter J, Chapter 49, Water Code; or

(4) other law.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.005. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature determines

that:

(1) all property within the boundaries of the district is

benefited by the creation of the district;

(2) no property not benefited by the creation of the district is

included in the district's boundaries; and

(3) the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of

Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.006. GOVERNING LAW; POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The

district is governed by Chapters 49 and 55, Water Code.

(b) The district has the rights, powers, privileges, duties, and

functions of a water improvement district under the Texas

Constitution and general law, including Chapters 49 and 55, Water

Code.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.

Sec. 9301.007. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The board consists of

five directors.

(b) A director must meet the qualifications for a director under

Chapter 55, Water Code.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. April 1, 2005.