Tex. Water Code § 11.0275
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Whenever the law requires the payment of fair market value for a water right, fair market value shall be determined by the amount of money that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller, neither of which is under any compulsion to buy or sell, for the water in an arms-length transaction and shall not be limited to the amount of money that the owner of the water right has paid or is paying for the water.
Tex. Water Code § 11.0275