Texas Water Code

§ 49.506 — PROVISION OR CONVERSION OF PROPORTIONATE WATER RIGHTS BY DISTRICT

WA § 49.506Title 4. GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS · Ch. 49. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL DISTRICTS · Art. O. EFFECT OF SUBDIVISION OF NONAGRICULTURAL LAND ON WATER RIGHTS

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(a)Not later than the second anniversary of the date the municipal water supplier files a petition under Section 49.503:

(1)a district shall provide the municipal water supplier with the proportionate water rights described by Section 49.505 from the district's existing water rights; or

(2)a district shall, if the district does not have sufficient existing water rights:

(A)apply for appropriate amendments to the district's water rights under commission rules to convert the proportionate water rights from irrigation use to municipal use with municipal priority of allocation; and

(B)provide to the municipal water supplier the converted rights described by Section 49.505.

(b)The district may continue to use the irrigation use water for district purposes until:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.24, eff. September 1, 2007.