Sec. 8246.151. FLOOD CONTROL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district may:

(1) exercise a power, right, privilege, or function conferred by general law on a flood control district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as applicable to Lavaca County and essential to the flood control project;

(2) devise plans and construct works to lessen and control floods;

(3) reclaim land in the district;

(4) prevent the deposit of silt in navigable streams;

(5) remove natural or artificial obstructions from streams and other watercourses;

(6) regulate the flow of surface and floodwaters;

(7) provide drainage essential to the flood control project;

(8) acquire, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, land, a right or interest in land, or any other character of property needed to carry on the work of flood control;

(9) sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of land or other property, or a right in the property, no longer needed for the flood control project or flood control purposes;

(10) use the bed and banks of a bayou, river, or stream in the district, subject to the concurrence of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;

(11) authorize its officers, employees, or agents to enter any land in the district to make or examine a survey in connection with a flood control plan or project or for any other authorized purpose;

(12) overflow or inundate any public land or public property, and require the relocation of a road or highway, in the manner and to the extent permitted to a district organized under general law under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, subject to the concurrence of the state agency with jurisdiction over the land or property or the Texas Transportation Commission, as applicable;

(13) appoint a flood control manager and any agents or employees of the county as necessary for flood control purposes, including an engineer and counsel, prescribe their duties, and set the amounts of their bonds and compensation;

(14) cooperate or contract with the United States to receive and use money from a grant, loan, or advancement to exercise a power or further a purpose under this chapter;

(15) contribute to the United States in connection with any project undertaken by the United States that affects or relates to flood control in Lavaca County;

(16) cooperate or contract with an agency or political subdivision of this state, including a municipality in Lavaca County, in relation to:

(A) a survey;

(B) the acquisition of land or a right-of-way; or

(C) the construction, maintenance, or financing of all or part of a project in connection with any matter within the scope of this chapter;

(17) contract with an agency or political subdivision of this state, including a municipality in Lavaca County, for the imposition of taxes on behalf of and for the benefit of the district;

(18) sue and be sued under the laws of this state; and

(19) perform any act necessary or proper to carry out the powers described by this section or Section 8246.152.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.