Tex. Water Code § 11.453 · Subchapter I. COMMISSION-APPOINTED WATERMASTER
APPOINTMENT OF WATERMASTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On issuance of an order under Section 11.452 of this chapter directing appointment of a watermaster, the executive director shall appoint a watermaster for the river basin or segment of the river basin covered by the commission order.
(b) A person appointed as a watermaster under this section may not be:
(1) the holder of a water right in the river basin or segment of the river basin to be under his jurisdiction as watermaster;
(2) a purchaser of water from the holder of a water right in the river basin or segment of the river basin under his jurisdiction as watermaster; or
(3) a landowner of any land adjacent to the river or segment of the river under his jurisdiction as watermaster.
(c) A watermaster holds office until a successor is appointed. The executive director may remove a watermaster at any time.
(d) The executive director may employ assistant watermasters and other employees necessary to aid a watermaster in the discharge of his duties.
(e) In a segment or basin in which the office of watermaster is vacant, the executive director has the powers of a watermaster.
(f) The executive director shall supervise and generally direct the watermaster in the performance of his duties. A watermaster is responsible to the executive director for the proper performance of his duties.
(g) A person dissatisfied with any action of a watermaster may apply to the executive director for relief.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 779, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
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