2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle B - Water Rights
Chapter 11 - Water Rights
Subchapter E. Cancellation of Permits, Certified Filings, and Certificates of Adjudication for Nonuse
Section 11.174. Commission May Initiate Proceedings

Universal Citation:
TX Water Code § 11.174 (2025)
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Sec. 11.174. COMMISSION MAY INITIATE PROCEEDINGS. When the commission finds that its records do not show that some portion of the water has been used during the past 10 years, the executive director may initiate proceedings, terminated by public hearing, to cancel the permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication in whole or in part.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.016, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

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