A district may construct all works and improvements necessary:

1. (1) for the irrigation of land in the district;
2. (2) for the drainage of land in the district, including drainage ditches or other facilities for drainage; and
3. (3) for the construction of levees to protect the land in the district from overflow.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1537, ch. 627, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.