Tex. Water Code § 11.083 · Subchapter C. UNLAWFUL USE, DIVERSION, WASTE, ETC.
OTHER UNLAWFUL TAKING.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person may wilfully open, close, change, or interfere with any headgate or water box without lawful authority.
(b) No person may wilfully use water or conduct water through his ditch or upon his land unless he is entitled to do so.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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