Sec. 55.161.  PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.  (a)  A water improvement district may provide for irrigation of the land within its boundaries.
(b)  A district operating under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution, may furnish water for domestic, power, and commercial purposes.
(c)  A district may be formed to cooperate with the United States under the federal reclamation laws for the purpose of:
(1)  construction of irrigation and drainage facilities necessary to maintain the irrigability of the land;
(2)  purchase, extension, operation, or maintenance of constructed facilities;  or
(3)  assumption, as principal or guarantor, of indebtedness to the United States on account of district lands.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 440, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.