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Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws Code § 8503.001 (2026)

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Sec. 8503.001. CREATION. (a) A conservation and reclamation district to be known as the "Lower Colorado River Authority" is created. The authority is a governmental agency and a body politic and corporate.

(b) The authority is created under and is essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including the control, storing, preservation, and distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the boundaries of the authority for irrigation, generation of electric energy and power, and other useful purposes; the reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid, and other lands needing irrigation; the development of parks on lands owned or acquired by the authority; and the conservation and development of the forests, water, and electric power in this state.

(c) Nothing in this chapter or in any other law shall be construed as authorizing the authority to levy or collect taxes or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or in any way to pledge the credit of this state.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 996, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Renumbered from Water Code, Section 222.001 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 13.006(b), eff. September 1, 2007.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2022 · leading case: Robert L. Wynne v. Rebecca A. Klein, No. 03-11-00574-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 31, 2012).
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Robert L. Wynne v. Rebecca A. Klein, No. 03-11-00574-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 31, 2012). · cites it 2× “FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district created by the State of Texas under the authority of article XVI, section 59(a) of the Texas Constitution.”
Robert L. Wynne v. Rebecca A. Klein, No. 03-11-00574-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 31, 2012). · cites it 2× “FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district created by the State of Texas under the authority of article XVI, section 59(a) of the Texas Constitution.”
I-10 R v. L.L.C. v. Jefferson Cnty. Appraisal Dist., No. 09-20-00166-CV (Tex. App.—Beaumont Apr. 21, 2022). “at 118 , 120 (citing Tex. Spec. Dist. Code Ann. §§ 8503.001 , 8503.”
Mary Stephens v. LCRA Transmission Servs. Corp., No. 03-06-00604-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 17, 2008). “Laws 19 , 21 (current version at Tex. Spec. Dist. Code Ann. §§ 8503.001 -.”
Mary Stephens v. LCRA Transmission Servs. Corp., No. 03-06-00604-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 17, 2008). “Laws 19 , 21 (current version at Tex. Spec. Dist. Code Ann. §§ 8503.001 -.”
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