Sec. 11.040.  PERMANENT WATER RIGHT.  (a)  A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.
(b)  A written instrument conveying a permanent water right may be recorded in the same manner as any other instrument relating to a conveyance of land.
(c)  The owner of a permanent water right is entitled to use water according to the terms of his contract.  If there is no contract, the owner is entitled to use water at a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory price.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.