Texas Water Code

§ 11.335 — ADMINISTRATION OF WATER RIGHTS NOT ADJUDICATED

WA § 11.335Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part B. WATER RIGHTS · Ch. 11. WATER RIGHTS · Art. G. WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION ACT

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(a)If any area in which water rights of record in the office of the commission have not been adjudicated, the claimants of the rights and the commission may enter into a written agreement for their administration.

(b)An agreement made under authority of this section shall provide:

(1)the basis and manner of distribution of the water to which the agreement relates;

(2)the services of a special watermaster, and assistants if necessary, to carry out the agreement; and

(3)the allocation, collection, and payment of the annual costs of administration.

(c)An agreement to administer unadjudicated water rights shall be recorded in the offices of the commission and of the county clerk of each county in which any of the works or lands affected by the agreement are located.

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Legislative history

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.030, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.