Sec. 8273.103.  PERMITS; WATER SUPPLY ACQUISITION.  The authority may:
(1)  acquire water appropriation permits, construction
permits, and other permits directly from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or from owners of permits;
(2)  acquire water or a water supply from any person, including a public agency, this state, or the United States;
(3)  contract with one or more substantial users of water to acquire the water supply on an agreed allocation of storage space between the authority and the user; or
(4)  contract independently for the authority's water supply.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.