Texas Water Code 49.505 – Calculation of Proportionate Water Rights
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Terms Used In Texas Water Code 49.505
- Commission: means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. See Texas Water Code 49.001
- District: means any district or authority created by authority of either Sections Texas Water Code 49.001
A district that receives a petition under § 49.503 shall compute the proportionate amount of water rights to the Rio Grande. The proportionate amount of water rights is equal to the amount of irrigable acres of land in the subdivision multiplied by the lesser of:
(1) 1.25 acre-feet per irrigable acre; or
(2) the sum of all irrigation water rights owned by the district on September 1, 2007, as if the water rights had been converted to municipal use under applicable commission rules, divided by the total amount of irrigable acres of land in the district on September 1, 2007.