{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.026","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.026","heading":"PERFECTION OF AN APPROPRIATION.","body":"No right to appropriate water is perfected unless the water has been beneficially used for a purpose stated in the original declaration of intention to appropriate water or stated in a permit issued by the commission or one of its predecessors.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER B. RIGHTS IN STATE WATER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.026","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"23b189664e17175c38015fd345eaab888327117fd6772b26b5d119e8b4f0df17","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.025","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.027"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}