{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.451","heading":"COMMISSION AUTHORITY.","body":"On petition of 25 or more holders of water rights in a river basin or segment of a river basin or on its own motion the commission may authorize the executive director to appoint a watermaster for a river basin or segment of a river basin if the commission finds that the rights of senior water rights holders in the basin or segment of the basin are threatened.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 779, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER I. COMMISSION-APPOINTED WATERMASTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"7cbc87562677459dc532ee580187a0f08674e55142e9948d7e58e2aaf8995839","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.409","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}