Sec. 51.048.  PURPOSES OF MASTER DISTRICT.  (a)  A master district may be created to conduct preliminary surveys and to develop a plan for the control and use of the water of any given stream, so that the improvements on one part of a watershed will be mechanically and economically related to all other improvements on the stream or its watershed.
(b)  A master district also may be created to enable districts to pool their resources when necessary to economically:
(1)  make preliminary surveys;
(2)  adopt a plan to coordinate the plants, improvements, and facilities of the several constituent districts;
(3)  provide the improvements and facilities proposed to be constructed and furnished by the master district;
(4)  provide improvements for the common benefit of the several districts;
(5)  enable the districts jointly to make purchases;  or
(6)  maintain or operate works for the common benefit of the several districts.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.