{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.030","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.030","heading":"FORFEITURE OF APPROPRIATION.","body":"If any lawful appropriation or use of state water is wilfully abandoned during any three successive years, the right to use the water is forfeited and the water is again subject to appropriation.\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#11.030","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"126961717bf38a93a449b0264872c51181f0c8aed849958825d3b0b313fe4438","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.029","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}