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Tex. Water Code § 11.081 (2026)
Unlawful Use Of State Water
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Sec. 11.081. UNLAWFUL USE OF STATE WATER. No person may wilfully take, divert, or appropriate any state water for any purpose without first complying with all applicable requirements of this chapter.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1989–2013 · leading case: City of San Marcos v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 128 S.W.3d 264 (Tex. App. 2004).
City of San Marcos v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 128 S.W.3d 264 (Tex. App. 2004). “; see Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.081 (West 2000).”
Denis v. Kickapoo Land Co., 771 S.W.2d 235 (Tex. App. 1989). “Appellants alleged further that Matthews’s appropriation was an unlawful use of state waters in violation of Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.081 (a) (1988) and in derogation of their riparian rights.”
Aransas Proj. v. Shaw, 930 F. Supp. 2d 716 (S.D. Tex. 2013). ““The waters of the state are held in trust for the public.” Tex. Water Code § 11.”
the City of San Marcos, Texas San Marcos River Found. & Dr. Jack Fairchild v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2003). “; see Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.081 (West 2000).”
the City of San Marcos, Texas San Marcos River Found. & Dr. Jack Fairchild v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2003). “; see Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.081 (West 2000).”
the City of San Marcos, Texas San Marcos River Found. & Dr. Jack Fairchild v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2004). “; see Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.081 (West 2000).”
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