79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1840, Chapter 448 Page: 1 of 9
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CHAPTER 448 S.B. No. 1840
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the Willacy County Drainage District No. 1; providing
3 the authority to impose a tax.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 10, Acts of the 61st
6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as follows:
7 Sec. 3. Said district shall be considered to be organized
8 and existing for the sole purpose of the reclamation and drainage of
9 its overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage, and to
10 accomplish such purpose the district shall have, and is hereby
11 vested with, all of the rights, powers, privileges, and duties
12 conferred and imposed by the general laws of the State of Texas, now
13 in force or hereafter enacted, applicable to drainage [-resh-wat
14 suppl-y] districts created under authority of Article XVI, Section
15 59, of the Texas Constitution, but to the extent that the provisions
16 of such general laws may be in conflict with the provisions of this
17 Act, the provisions of this Act shall prevail. All such general"
18 laws are hereby incorporated by reference with the same effect as if
19 incorporated in full in this Act. Without limiting the
20 generalization of the foregoing, it is expressly provided that all
21 said powers now or hereafter conferred by such general laws upon
22 drainage [frcsh ate r . u pply.] districts [for the purp..ose of
23 c-]n.r..g rasor in, -and . . ; artibeny res;h .ater] are hereby
24 specifically conferred upon this district for the purpose of
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 79th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1840, Chapter 448, legislative document, June 17, 2005; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth157661/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.