Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 572, Subchapter C, grants authority to public entities to create a Public Utility Agency (PUA) by concurrent ordinances to provide for the collection, transportation, treatment, or disposal of sewage or the conservation, storage, transportation, treatment, or distribution of water for a participating public entity that owns jointly with the agency a facility in this state. A PUA is a separate agency and is a political subdivision in the State of Texas. A PUA may not charge a tax, but generally has all the other powers related to facilities provided by law to a municipality that owns a water and or sewer facility.
