Tex. Water Code § 11.131 · Subchapter D. PERMITS TO USE STATE WATER
EXAMINATION AND DENIAL OF APPLICATION WITHOUT HEARING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall make a preliminary examination of the application, and if it appears that there is no unappropriated water in the source of supply or that the proposed appropriation should not be allowed for other reasons, the commission may deny the application.
(b) If the commission denies the application under this section and the applicant elects not to proceed further, the commission may order any part of the fee submitted with the application returned to the applicant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
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- sha256 790c5fae112e6cad559c1b8ed85fde3eb225404c1908891f871cbd677f97db3f
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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