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Tex. Water Code § 54.012 (2026)

Purposes Of A District

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Sec. 54.012. PURPOSES OF A DISTRICT. A district shall be created for the following purposes:

(1) the control, storage, preservation, and distribution of its storm water and floodwater, the water of its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and all other useful purposes;

(2) the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;

(3) the reclamation and drainage of its overflowed land and other land needing drainage;

(4) the conservation and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power;

(5) the navigation of its inland and coastal water;

(6) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage or harmful excess of water;

(7) the protection, preservation, and restoration of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state; and

(8) the preservation of all natural resources of the state, including through the use of geothermal water conveyance systems for the preservation of natural resources.

Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 775, ch. 84, Sec. 1.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 455 (H.B. 4370), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2025.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: McMillan v. Nw. Harris Cnty. Mun. Util. Dist. No. 24, 988 S.W.2d 337 (Tex. App. 1999).

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McMillan v. Nw. Harris Cnty. Mun. Util. Dist. No. 24, 988 S.W.2d 337 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Tex. Water Code § 54.012; see also Harris County Water Control & Improvement Dist.”

Harris Cnty. Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 110 v. Texas Water Rights Comm'n, 593 S.W.2d 852 (Tex. App. 1980). “XVI, § 59; Tex. Water Code Ann. § 54.012 . To further this purpose the legislature provides these districts with the power to “provide parks and recreational facilities.”

ECO Resources, Inc. v. City of Austin (Tex. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 54.012 (West 1972).”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2017). “TEX. WATER CODE§ 54.012. Water districts in Texas, including municipal utility districts, may "exercise any powers within 'the terms of the statutes which authorized their creation, and they can exercise no authority that has not been clearly granted by the legislature.”

Miller v. Nw. Harris Cnty. MUD No. 24 (S.D. Tex. 2020). “of its [the district’s] floodwater” and “the water of its rivers and streams”; the reclamation and drainage or irrigation of “its land”; “the conservation and development of its forests, water, and hydroelectric power”; and “the navigation of its inland and coastal water.”

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