Local Government Code § 552.103

Sec. 552.103. RIGHTS OF WATER CORPORATION PROVIDING SERVICE TO MUNICIPALITY; EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) A water corporation in a municipality may sell and furnish water required by a municipality for a public or private building or for any other purpose. (b) A water corporation may lay water system pipes, mains, or conductors through a street, alley, lane, or square of a municipality if the governing body of the municipality consents, subject to any regulation by the governing body. (c) If necessary to preserve the public health, a water corporation incorporated under state law to construct waterworks or to furnish water supply to a municipality may exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn private property necessary to construct a supply reservoir or standpipe for water work. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.103 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.