Tex. Water Code § 11.088

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 11.088 - Destruction of Waterworks

No person may wilfully cut, dig, break down, destroy, or injure or open a gate, bank, embankment, or side of any ditch, canal, reservoir, flume, tunnel or feeder, pump or machinery, building, structure, or other work which is the property of another, or in which another owns an interest, or which is lawfully possessed or being used by another, and which is used for milling, mining, manufacturing, the development of power, domestic purposes, agricultural uses, or stock raising, with intent to:

(1) maliciously injure a person, association, corporation, water improvement or irrigation district;

(2) gain advantage for himself; or

(3) take or steal water or cause water to run out or waste out of the ditch, canal, or reservoir, feeder, or flume for his own advantage or to the injury of a person lawfully entitled to the use of the water or the use or management of the ditch, canal, tunnel, reservoir, feeder, flume, machine, structure, or other irrigation work.

Tex. Water Code § 11.088

Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.06, eff. 9/1/2001.

Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1997

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977