Tex. Water Code § 11.136
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 11.136, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 11.136. RECORDING OF PERMIT.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall transmit the permit by registered mail to the county clerk of the county in which the appropriation is to be made.
(b) When the county clerk receives the permit and is paid the recording fee (as prescribed by Subchapter B, Chapter 118, Local Government Code, he shall file and record the permit in a well-bound book kept for that purpose. He shall index the permit alphabetically in the name of the applicant and of the stream or source of water supply. After he has recorded the permit, the county clerk shall deliver the permit, on demand, to the applicant.
(c) When the permit is filed in the office of the county clerk, it is constructive notice of:
(1) the filing of the application;
(2) the issuance of the permit; and
(3) all the rights arising under the filing of the application and the issuance of the permit.
(b) When the county clerk receives the permit and is paid the recording fee (as prescribed by Subchapter B, Chapter 118, Local Government Code, he shall file and record the permit in a well-bound book kept for that purpose. He shall index the permit alphabetically in the name of the applicant and of the stream or source of water supply. After he has recorded the permit, the county clerk shall deliver the permit, on demand, to the applicant.
(c) When the permit is filed in the office of the county clerk, it is constructive notice of:
(1) the filing of the application;
(2) the issuance of the permit; and
(3) all the rights arising under the filing of the application and the issuance of the permit.
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