(a) The commission has the statutory duty and responsibility to create, supervise, and dissolve certain water and water related districts and to approve the issuance and sale of bonds for district improvements in accordance with the Texas Water Code (TWC). This chapter, adopted under TWC, §§5.103, 5.105, and 5.701, shall govern the creation, supervision, and dissolution of all general and special law districts subject to and within the applicable limits of the jurisdiction of the commission.
(b) This chapter shall govern the conversion of districts into municipal utility districts as provided in TWC, §§54.030 - 54.036.
(c) The term "recreational facilities" means parks, landscaping, parkways, greenbelts, sidewalks, trails, public right-of-way beautification projects, and recreational equipment and facilities. The term includes associated street and security lighting. The term does not include a minor improvement or beautification project to land acquired or to be acquired as part of a district's water, wastewater, or drainage facilities.

Source Note: The provisions of this §293.1 adopted to be effective September 5, 1986, 11 TexReg 3732; amended to be effective October 22, 1996, 21 TexReg 9905; amended to be effective October 6, 2002, 27 TexReg 9365; amended to be effective May 5, 2005, 30 TexReg 2533; amended to be effective October 26, 2006, 31 TexReg 8699; amended to be effective November 13, 2014, 39 TexReg 8730