Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 13. WATER AND UTILITIES |
Subtitle B. COUNTY WATER |
Chapter 563. WATER, WASTEWATER, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEMS IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF 10,000 OR LESS |
Subchapter B. COUNTY UTILITY SYSTEM BOARD FOR WATER, WASTEWATER, OR SOLID WASTE SYSTEM |
Sec. 563.052. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH BOARD
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(a) The commissioners court of a county by order adopted at a regular meeting of the court may establish a county utility system board to operate and manage the county's:
(1) wastewater collection and treatment system;
(2) water supply and distribution system; or
(3) solid waste collection and disposal system.
(b) The board is responsible for the operation and management of each utility system that is:
(1) owned or being acquired by the county; and
(2) placed under its control under Subsection (a).
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 413.052 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 3.76(b)(3), eff. April 1, 2009.