Sec. 7982.105. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. (a) The district may provide or finance, or contract with a governmental or private person to provide or finance, the following types of projects or activities in support of or incidental to one of the projects:

(1) an improvement project that is a public improvement, facility, or service that may be provided by a municipal utility district or a municipal management district, including:

(A) water, wastewater, reclamation, drainage, road, trail, or bridge improvement;

(B) utilization and reuse of treated effluent in landscape and other features, including temporary holding features;

(C) transportation of treated effluent for reuse; and

(D) injection of treated stormwater runoff or stormwater collected from roofs into aquifers as storage or to recharge the aquifer; and

(2) the purchase and maintenance of conservation land for endangered species, including the cost of:

(A) any permits relating to endangered species or the maintenance of the land; and

(B) purchasing land or easements for conservation mitigation.

(b) The district may inject stormwater as authorized by Subsection (a)(1)(D) without the consent, concurrence, or authorization of a groundwater conservation district, but only if the injection is authorized by a commission rule or permit under Chapter 27, Water Code.

(c) To finance an improvement project under Subsection (a)(1), the district may, in the manner authorized by:

(1) Chapter 375, Local Government Code, or Chapter 54, Water Code, use funds derived from:

(A) ad valorem taxes;

(B) sales and use taxes from a strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section 7982.109;

(C) assessments imposed under Section 7982.201;

(D) revenue from an improvement project;

(E) impact fees; or

(F) any other source; and

(2) Sections 375.201 through 375.205, Local Government Code, enter into obligations, including:

(A) lease purchase agreements;

(B) certificates of participation in lease purchase agreements;

(C) general obligation bonds and notes and revenue bonds and notes;

(D) combination general obligation and revenue bonds and notes; and

(E) other interest-bearing obligations.

(d) Sections 375.161 through 375.163, Local Government Code, do not apply to an assessment imposed by the district.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 632 (H.B. 4301), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2017.