When the commission issues a permit, the priority of the appropriation of water and the claimant's right to use the water date from the date of filing of the application.
Tex. Water Code § 11.141
DATE OF PRIORITY
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff
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