Tex. Water Code § 11.323
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 11.323, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 11.323. CERTIFICATE OF ADJUDICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) When a final determination of the rights to the waters of a stream has been made in accordance with the procedure provided in this subchapter and the time for a rehearing has expired, the commission shall issue to each person adjudicated a water right a certificate of adjudication, signed by the presiding officer of the commission and bearing the seal of the commission.
(b) In the certificate, the commission shall include:
(1) a reference to the final decree;
(2) the name and post-office address of the holder of the adjudicated right;
(3) the priority, extent, and purpose of the adjudicated right and, if the right is for irrigation, a description of the irrigated land; and
(4) all other information in the decree relating to the adjudicated right.
(b) In the certificate, the commission shall include:
(1) a reference to the final decree;
(2) the name and post-office address of the holder of the adjudicated right;
(3) the priority, extent, and purpose of the adjudicated right and, if the right is for irrigation, a description of the irrigated land; and
(4) all other information in the decree relating to the adjudicated right.
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