Tex. Water Code § 11.554 · Subchapter K. CONCHO RIVER WATERMASTER PROGRAM
WATERMASTER; APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY WATERMASTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The watermaster for the South Texas Watermaster Program shall serve as the watermaster for the program.
(b) The watermaster shall appoint a deputy watermaster, who must reside in the area described by Section 11.553.
(c) The watermaster or deputy watermaster may not be:
(1) a water right holder in the river basin or segment of the river basin under the program's jurisdiction;
(2) a purchaser of water from a water right holder in the river basin or segment of the river basin under the program's jurisdiction; or
(3) a landowner of any land adjacent to the river or segment of the river under the program's jurisdiction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 749 (H.B. 2815), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
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