DISTRICT POWERS.
Tex. SPEC. DIST. LOCAL LAWS Code § 3803.101.
in effectThe district has:
(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;
(2) the rights, powers, privileges, and authority of a district created under Chapter 375 , Local Government Code;
(3) the powers given to a corporation created under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code), including:
(A) the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that Act and this chapter and any other authorized project; and
(B) the power to acquire land and other property in accordance with Chapter 505 , Local Government Code; and
(4) the power to create, tax, assess, and hold elections in a defined area under Chapter 54 , Water Code, to provide improvements or services in the defined area for any project or activity the district is authorized to acquire, construct, improve, or provide.