A municipality may enter a contract with a conservation and reclamation district to buy hydroelectric power or energy.
Sec. 552.903. AGREEMENT WITH CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT. (a) A municipality may agree or contract with a conservation and reclamation district created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution for the supply and purchase of hydroelectric power or energy. The agreement or contract shall be for a period and contain the terms and conditions agreed on by the parties. The agreement or contract is a valid and binding municipal obligation that is enforceable as provided by its terms. (b) The agreement or contract may provide for the municipality to pay for the hydroelectric power or energy whether or not the power or energy is produced or delivered to the municipality. The agreement or contract may include provisions relating to acquiring, constructing, and equipping generation and transmission facilities to supply the power and energy, provisions relating to financing the costs of the generation and transmission facilities, and provisions that the agreement or contract continues in effect while any obligations specified in the agreement or contract, including refunding obligations, remain outstanding. The provisions shall be as specified in the agreement or contract. (c) If provided in the agreement or contract, the amounts required to be paid by the municipality to the district under the agreement or contract are an operating expense of the electric system, or combined utility system of which the electric system is a part, in the manner provided for other operating and maintenance expenses of the electric system or combined utility system as provided by Section 1502.056, Government Code. (d) Notwithstanding any express or implied limitation on municipal power or purposes under any general or special law, charter provision, or ordinance, this section is authority for the performance of an agreement or contract entered into under this section. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 23.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.351, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 402.903 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(a)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.