Sec. 11.089. JOHNSON GRASS OR RUSSIAN THISTLE. (a) No person who owns, leases, or operates a ditch, canal, or reservoir or who cultivates land abutting a reservoir, ditch, flume, canal, wasteway, or lateral may permit Johnson grass or Russian thistle to go to seed on the waterway within 10 feet of the high-water line if the waterway crosses or lies on the land owned or controlled by him.
(b) The provisions of this section are not applicable in Tom Green, Sterling, Irion, Schleicher, McCullough, Brewster, Menard, Maverick, Kinney, Val Verde, and San Saba counties.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subchapter C. Unlawful Use, Diversion, Waste, Etc.
Section 11.081. Unlawful Use of State Water
Section 11.082. Unlawful Use: Civil Penalty
Section 11.083. Other Unlawful Taking
Section 11.084. Sale of Permanent Water Right Without a Permit
Section 11.0842. Administrative Penalty
Section 11.0843. Field Citation
Section 11.085. Interbasin Transfers
Section 11.086. Overflow Caused by Diversion of Water
Section 11.087. Diversion of Water on International Stream
Section 11.0871. Temporary Diversion of Water on International Stream
Section 11.088. Destruction of Waterworks
Section 11.089. Johnson Grass or Russian Thistle
Section 11.090. Polluting and Littering
Section 11.091. Interference With Delivery of Water Under Contract
Section 11.092. Wasteful Use of Water
Section 11.093. Abatement of Waste as Public Nuisance
Section 11.094. Penalty for Use of Works Declared Public Nuisance
Section 11.096. Obstruction of Navigable Streams
Section 11.097. Removal of Obstructions From Navigable Streams