Tex. Water Code § 36.1025 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
PETITION TO CHANGE RULES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person with a real property interest in groundwater may petition the district where the property that gives rise to the real property interest is located to adopt a rule or modify a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) The district by rule shall prescribe the form for a petition submitted under this section and the procedure for the submission, consideration, and disposition of the petition.
(c) Not later than the 90th day after the date the district receives the petition, the district shall:
(1) deny the petition and provide an explanation for the denial; or
(2) engage in rulemaking consistent with the granted petition.
(d) Nothing in this section may be construed to create a private cause of action for a decision to accept or deny a petition filed under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 504 (H.B. 2443), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.36.htm
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- sha256 0390aac3c3795932f4dbbf8f072d9daff383c81b764a7575c35d01145674f80a
- 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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