Tex. Water Code § 55.187
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 55.187, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 55.187. DISTRICT AS FISCAL AGENT FOR UNITED STATES.
Official statutory text
The board may accept on behalf of the district appointment as the fiscal agent for the United States on any federal reclamation project. As fiscal agent, the district may assume the duties and perform the acts incident to this capacity and shall do anything required by federal statutes and rules and regulations established by any department of the federal government.
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