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CHAPTER 560 H.B. No. 1534
1 AN ACT
2 relating to certain powers of groundwater conservation districts.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. Section 36.103(b), Water Code, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (b) A district may:
7 (1) acquire land to erect dams or to drain lakes,
8 draws, and depressions;
9 (2) construct dams;
10 (3) drain lakes, depressions, draws, and creeks;
11 (4) install pumps and other equipment necessary to
12 recharge a groundwater reservoir or its subdivision; and
13 . (5) provide necessary facilities for water
14 conservation purposes [ th u.rc. ci. . l r r wtation ad
15 ]ic .trib .of water ].
16 SECTION 2. Section 36.104, Water Code, is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 Sec. 36.104. PURCHASE, SALE, TRANSPORTATION, AND
19 DISTRIBUTION OF WATER. A district may purchase, sell, transport,
20 and distribute surface water or groundwater [(-f e--any p.--p] .
21 SECTION 3. Sections 36.105(a) and (b), Water Code, are
22 amended to read as follows:
23 (a) A district may exercise the power of eminent domain to
24 acquire by condemnation a fee simple or other interest in property