Texas Water Code

§ 42.010 — TEXT OF COMPACT

WA § 42.010Title 3. RIVER COMPACTS · Ch. 42. PECOS RIVER COMPACT

Statute text

The Pecos River Compact reads as follows: PECOS RIVER COMPACT Entered Into by the States of NEW MEXICO and TEXAS Santa Fe, New Mexico December 3, 1948 PECOS RIVER COMPACT The State of New Mexico and the State of Texas, acting through their Commissioners, John H. Bliss for the State of New Mexico and Charles H. Miller for the State of Texas, after negotiations participated in by Berkeley Johnson, appointed by the President as the representative of the United States of America, have agreed respecting the uses, apportionment and deliveries of the water of the Pecos River as follows: Article I The major purposes of this Compact are to provide for the equitable division and apportionment of the use of the waters of the Pecos River; to promote interstate comity; to remove causes of present and future controversies; to make secure and protect present development within the states; to facilitate the construction of works for, (a) the salvage of water, (b) the more efficient use of water, and (c) the protection of life and property from floods. Article II As used in this Compact:

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Legislative history

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.