Texas Special District Local Laws Code - SDLL § 8888.162. Specific Contracting Authority

(1) the purchase or sale of water or water rights;

(2) the performance of activities within the powers of the authority to promote the continuing and orderly development of land and property in the authority through the purchase, construction, or installation of works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances so that, to the greatest extent possible considering sound engineering practices and economic feasibility, all the land and property in the authority may receive services of the works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority; or

(3) the construction, ownership, maintenance, or operation of any works, improvements, facilities, plants, equipment, or appliances of the authority or another person. (Acts 76th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029, Sec. 4.09(c).)