Tex. Water Code § 7.142 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
VIOLATIONS RELATING TO UNLAWFUL USE OF STATE WATER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates:
(1) Section 11.081;
(2) Section 11.083;
(3) Section 11.084;
(4) Section 11.087;
(5) Section 11.088;
(6) Section 11.089;
(7) Section 11.090;
(8) Section 11.091;
(9) Section 11.092;
(10) Section 11.093;
(11) Section 11.094;
(12) Section 11.096; or
(13) Section 11.205.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(9), (a)(10), or (a)(13) is punishable under Section 7.187(a)(1)(A) or (2)(B) or both.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(4), (a)(6), (a)(7), or (a)(8) is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(C) or both.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) or (a)(11) is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(D) or both.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(5) is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(E) or both.
(f) Possession of state water when the right to its use has not been acquired according to Chapter 11 is prima facie evidence of a violation of Section 11.081.
(g) Possession or use of water on a person's land by a person not entitled to the water under this code is prima facie evidence of a violation of Section 11.083.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 7.187PENALTIES.Printed as Section 7.187(1)(A) | Section 7.187(2)(C) | Section 7.187(2)(D) | Section 7.187(2)(E) | Section 7.187(a)(1)(A)
- Tex. Water Code ch. 11WATER RIGHTSPrinted as Chapter 11
- Tex. Water Code § 11.081UNLAWFUL USE OF STATE WATER.Printed as Section 11.081
- Tex. Water Code § 11.083OTHER UNLAWFUL TAKING.Printed as Section 11.083
- Tex. Water Code § 11.084SALE OF PERMANENT WATER RIGHT WITHOUT A PERMIT.Printed as Section 11.084
- Tex. Water Code § 11.087DIVERSION OF WATER ON INTERNATIONAL STREAM.Printed as Section 11.087
- Tex. Water Code § 11.088DESTRUCTION OF WATERWORKS.Printed as Section 11.088
- Tex. Water Code § 11.089JOHNSON GRASS OR RUSSIAN THISTLE.Printed as Section 11.089
- Tex. Water Code § 11.090POLLUTING AND LITTERING.Printed as Section 11.090
- Tex. Water Code § 11.091INTERFERENCE WITH DELIVERY OF WATER UNDER CONTRACT.Printed as Section 11.091
- Tex. Water Code § 11.092WASTEFUL USE OF WATER.Printed as Section 11.092
- Tex. Water Code § 11.093ABATEMENT OF WASTE AS PUBLIC NUISANCE.Printed as Section 11.093
- Tex. Water Code § 11.094PENALTY FOR USE OF WORKS DECLARED PUBLIC NUISANCE.Printed as Section 11.094
- Tex. Water Code § 11.096OBSTRUCTION OF NAVIGABLE STREAMS.Printed as Section 11.096
- Tex. Water Code § 11.205WASTING WATER FROM ARTESIAN WELL.Printed as Section 11.205
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