{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.183","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 16.183","heading":"PERMIT: PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION.","body":"In passing on an application for a permit under this subchapter whether it proposes a use of water inside or outside the watershed of the impoundment, the commission shall give paramount consideration to recouping the state's investment in order to protect the public interest and promote the general welfare.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE C. WATER DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. SALE OR LEASE OF FACILITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.16.htm#16.183","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"90a0d513f4922e70b295a52f91ac0692a3253a3a2ac182cbe0b7447ec7f279e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.182","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-16.184"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}