Special powers relating to public improvements and community facilities

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The district shall have, and the board may exercise, any or all of the special powers relating to public improvements and community facilities authorized by this chapter. The district shall have the power to finance, fund, establish, acquire, construct or reconstruct, enlarge or extend, equip, operate and maintain systems, facilities, projects and basic infrastructures that are within the district, or which benefit or serve the district, for the following:

Water management and control for the lands within the district and connection of some or any of such facilities with roads and bridges;

Water supply, sewer and wastewater management, reclamation and reuse, or any combination thereof;

Bridges or culverts that may be needed across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin, excavation, public highway, tract, grade, fill or cut and roadways over levees and embankments;

District roads equal to or exceeding the specifications of the county in which such district roads are located, including street lights and the location of underground utilities;

Parks and facilities for indoor and outdoor recreational, cultural and educational uses, and other tourism related infrastructure and facilities;

Fire prevention and control, including fire stations, water mains and plugs, fire trucks, and other vehicles and equipment;

Security, except that the district may not exercise any police power, but may contract with the appropriate local governmental agencies for an increased level of such services within the district boundaries;

Waste collection and disposal;

Systems, as defined in Section 21-27-11(b); and

Projects, as defined in this chapter.


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