DISTRICT POWERS.
Tex. SPEC. DIST. LOCAL LAWS Code § 3805.101.
in effectThe district has:
(1) all powers necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district was created;
(2) the rights, powers, privileges, authority, and functions of a district created under Chapter 375 , Local Government Code;
(3) the powers, duties, and contracting authority specified by Subchapters H and I, Chapter 49 , Water Code;
(4) the powers given to a corporation under Chapter 505 , Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, and maintain the projects described by that chapter; and
(5) the powers of a housing finance corporation created under Chapter 394 , Local Government Code.