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Tex. Water Code § 51.172

This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 51.172, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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§ 51.172. LIABILITY ON CONTRACTS OF ACQUIRED IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

Official statutory text

If a district acquires an established irrigation system which has contracted to supply water to others and the holders of the contracts or the lands entitled to service of water are not within the district, the contracts and duties shall be performed by the district in the same manner and to the same extent that any other purchaser of the system would be bound.

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