Water Code §11.001

In force on Sep 06, 2022 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1977 · same as today's text

VESTED RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED

(a) Nothing in this code affects vested private rights to the use of water, except to the extent that provisions of Subchapter G of this chapter might affect these rights. (b) This code does not recognize any riparian right in the owner of any land the title to which passed out of the State of Texas after July 1, 1895.

History: Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Sep 22, 2018 to Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1977 · seen Sep 2018–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

JS-0004 (Sep 06, 2022): Whether the Public Utility Commission has authority under Water Code section 12.013 to hear an appeal by a municipal utility of rates set by a water control and improvement district, or whether the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has exclusive authority over such an appeal under Water Code subsection 51.305(d)

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