Sec. 4.01. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The district shall administer and enforce this Act and shall use its facilities and powers to accomplish the purposes of this Act.

(b) After notice and hearing, the board may adopt rules necessary to carry out this Act. The board shall adopt rules providing procedures for giving notice and holding hearings.

(c) The district shall prepare and adopt plans for and shall purchase, obtain permits for, construct, acquire, own, operate, maintain, repair, improve, and extend inside and outside the boundaries of the district any works, improvements, landfills, recycling facilities, waste-to-energy facilities, composting facilities, transfer stations, storage sites, and other facilities, plants, pipelines, equipment, and appliances necessary to transport, process, dispose of, and control solid waste and to protect groundwater within the district in accordance with state law.

(d) The district shall acquire all permits required by state law that are necessary to carry out this article.

(e) The district may conduct studies and research for the disposal of solid waste and the protection of water within the district.

(f) The regulatory powers of the district under this Act extend to every person within the district.

(g) Except as expressly limited by this Act, the district has all powers, rights, and privileges necessary and convenient for accomplishing the purposes of this Act conferred by general law on a conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution.

(h) Subject only to the authority vested in other entities by general law, including those vested in the commission by Chapter 26, Water Code, and those vested in the department by Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, the district may control water pollution within the district.

(i) The powers granted to the district by this Act are cumulative of all powers granted by other laws that are by their terms applicable to the district.

(j) The district may not provide solid waste collection services without an interlocal agreement approved by the county, the city of Seminole, and the city of Seagraves. However, the district shall purchase equipment, facilities, containers, and other necessary items for collection services if the district adopts a recycling program.

(k) The district may not contract with a person outside the boundaries of the district to provide to that person solid waste management services or any other service authorized under this Act.