Tex. Water Code § 51.802
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 51.802, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 51.802. BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO CONTRACT.
Official statutory text
The board may contract with trustees, engineers, attorneys, and others it considers necessary or desirable to properly liquidate and wind up the affairs of the district. The board also may assume obligations made by others for the benefit of the district, or from which the district benefited, which in its judgment may be fair and equitable.
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