Tex. Water Code § 11.027 · Subchapter B. RIGHTS IN STATE WATER

RIGHTS BETWEEN APPROPRIATORS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

As between appropriators, the first in time is the first in right.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
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Water Code

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