No person may wilfully take, divert, or appropriate any state water for any purpose without first complying with all applicable requirements of this chapter.
Tex. Water Code § 11.081
UNLAWFUL USE OF STATE WATER
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case City of San Marcos v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (2004)
Most recently applied in 930 F. Supp. 2d 716 - Aransas Project v. Shaw (March 2013)
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.