VESTED RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Adjudication of the Water Rights, Etc. (1982)
Most recently applied in Cummins v. Travis County Water Control & Improvement District No. 17 (September 2005)
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff
(a) Nothing in this code affects vested private rights to the use of water, except to the extent that provisions of Subchapter G of this chapter might affect these rights.
(b) This code does not recognize any riparian right in the owner of any land the title to which passed out of the State of Texas after July 1, 1895.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.