{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.340","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.340","heading":"ABATEMENT OF CERTAIN CIVIL SUITS.","body":"(a) Nothing in this subchapter prevents or precludes a person who claims the right to divert water from a stream from filing and prosecuting to a conclusion a suit against other claimants of the right to divert or use water from the same stream. However, if the commission has ordered a determination of water rights as provided in this subchapter or if the commission orders such a determination within 90 days after notice of the filing of a suit, the suit shall be abated on the motion of the commission or any party in interest as to any issues involved in the water rights determination.\n(b) If a suit is abated as provided in Subsection (a) of this section, the court may grant or continue any temporary relief necessary to preserve the status quo pending a final determination of the water rights involved.\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 G. WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.340","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"91ed71474309044b598fc3fce211f3c75f33c783a5c6a3d9f1f79927beea3efc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.339","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.341"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}