Texas Water Code

§ 11.040 — PERMANENT WATER RIGHT

WA § 11.040Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part B. WATER RIGHTS · Ch. 11. WATER RIGHTS · Art. B. RIGHTS IN STATE WATER

Statute text

(a)A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.

(b)A written instrument conveying a permanent water right may be recorded in the same manner as any other instrument relating to a conveyance of land.

(c)The owner of a permanent water right is entitled to use water according to the terms of his contract. If there is no contract, the owner is entitled to use water at a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory price.

Legislative history

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