{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.121","heading":"PERMIT REQUIRED.","body":"Except as provided in Sections 11.1405, 11.142, 11.1421, 11.1422, and 18.003, no person may appropriate any state water or begin construction of any work designed for the storage, taking, or diversion of water without first obtaining a permit from the commission to make the appropriation.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 544, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 183, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 2031), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 4097), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2015.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER D. PERMITS TO USE STATE WATER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"06ea30f756e88002991676800763ed20f8c39819bdb8e30607055bee88a809c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.097","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}