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<br />Water - CHAPTER 11 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Page 29 of 97 <br /> <br />owners. <br /> <br />Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, ~ 1, eff. Sept. 1, <br />1977. <br /> <br />~ 11.087. Diversion of Water on International Stream <br /> <br />(a) When storm water or floodwater is released from a dam or <br />reservoir on an international stream and the water is designated for <br />use or storage downstream by a specified user who is legally entitled <br />to receive it, no other person may store, divert, appropriate, or use <br />the water or interfere with its passage downstream. <br /> <br />(b) The commission may make and enforce rules and orders to implement <br />the provisions of this section, including rules and orders designed <br />to: <br /> <br />(1) establish an orderly system for water releases and diversions in <br />order to protect vested rights and to avoid the loss of released <br />water; <br /> <br />(2) prescribe the time that releases of water may begin and end; <br /> <br />(3) determine the proportionate quanti ties of the released water in <br />transit and the water that would have been flowing in the stream <br />without the addition of the released water; <br /> <br />(4) require each owner or operator of a dam or reservoir on the <br />stream between the point of release and the point of destination to <br />allow free passage of the released water in transit; and <br /> <br />(5) establish other requirements the commission considers necessary <br />to effectuate the purposes of this section. <br /> <br />(c) Orders made by the commission to effectuate its rules under this <br />section shall be mailed by certified mail to each diverter of water <br />and to each reservoir owner on the stream between the point of <br />release and the point of destination of the released water as shown <br />by the records of the commission. <br /> <br />(d) Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, ~ 60(a)(I), eff. <br />Sept. 1, 1997. <br /> <br />Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, ~ 1, eff. Sept. 1, <br />1977; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, ~ 1.007, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; <br />Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch.. 1072, ~~ 6, 60(a) (1), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. <br /> <br />~ 11.0871. Temporary Diversion of Water on International Stream <br /> <br />http://www.capitol.state.tx.uslcgi-binlcqcgi?CQ_SESSION _ KEY=SZPICOQJSKOM&CQ... 6/25/2003 <br />