Texas Codes
Tex. Water Code § 11.121 (2026)
Permit Required
✓ laws through the 89th Legislature (2025)
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
TX-LEGstatutes.capitol.texas.gov
Justiaon Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
Sec. 11.121. PERMIT REQUIRED. Except as provided in Sections 11.1405, 11.142, 11.1421, 11.1422, and 18.003, no person may appropriate any state water or begin construction of any work designed for the storage, taking, or diversion of water without first obtaining a permit from the commission to make the appropriation.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2031), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2015.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 4097), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2015.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2021 · leading case: FM Props. Operating Co. v. City of Austin, 22 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2000).
FM Props. Operating Co. v. City of Austin, 22 S.W.3d 868 (Tex. 2000). “"); TEX. WATER CODE § 11.121 ("Except as provided in .”
Quick v. City of Austin, 7 S.W.3d 109 (Tex. 1999). “" Tex. Water Code § 11.121 (emphasis added).”
City of San Marcos v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 128 S.W.3d 264 (Tex. App.—Austin 2004). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.121 (West 2000).”
Lower Colorado River Auth. v. Texas Dep't of Water Resources, 689 S.W.2d 873 (Tex. 1985). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.121 . To acquire a permit, the Water District had to satisfy the statutory grounds of Tex.”
Edwards Aquifer Auth. v. Day, 274 S.W.3d 742 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008). “See Tex. Water Code § 11.121 (2002). The ALJ found Applicants had demonstrated beneficial use of groundwater through irrigation by flooding on seven acres during the historical period.”
City of San Angelo v. Texas Nat. Resource Conservation Comm'n, 92 S.W.3d 624 (Tex. App.—Austin 2002). “" See Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 11.121 -.186 (West 1994).”
Upper Trinity Reg'l Water Dist. & Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n, No. 01-15-00374-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 26, 2015). “passim Tex. Water Code § 11.121 ................”
Bradley B. Ware v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, No. 03-14-00416-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Apr. 17, 2015). “No storage is authorized in the permit and TCEQ authorization to store water is required under Tex. Water Code § 11.121. A copy of the statutes cited in this brief are at Appendix Tab D.”
Chappell Hill Sausage Co. v. John Durrenberger, No. 14-19-00897-CV, 2021 WL 2656585 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] June 29, 2021). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.121 . The landowner’s third claim further asserts the county officials have caused and continue to cause the waste of state water in violation of the Water Code (due to the blocked culvert).”
Jimmy & Cheryl Williams v. Guadalupe-Blanco River Auth. & Its Officers & Directors, No. 04-20-00445-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 7, 2021). “) (conveyance requires -7- 04-20-00445-CV “operative words or words of grant showing an intention by the grantor to convey title to land which is sufficiently described to the grantee”); TEX. WATER CODE § 11.121 (no person may appropriate state water or construct works to take,…”
City of San Angelo v. Texas Nat. Resource Conservation Comm'n, No. 03-02-00289-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Dec. 5, 2002). “" See Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 11.121 -.186 (West 1994).”
City of San Marcos v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, No. 03-02-00724-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 29, 2003). “Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.121 (West 2000).”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.