Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7840
This is the official text of Tex. Auxiliary Water Laws § 7840, part of Texas’s Auxiliary Water Laws — supplementary Texas statutes on water rights not consolidated into the Water Code.
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§ 7840.
Official statutory text
Art. 7840. POWERS: LIMITATION. Where the district lies wholly in one county, the directors shall not, after the completion of the improvements, employ any attorneys as legal advisers of the district or an engineer for such district, or any other employés, except with the concurrence and consent of the commissioners court of such county; and the compensation paid by any such attorney, engineer, or employé so employed shall be fixed by the directors subject to the approval of the commissioners court.
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