Tex. Water Code § 49.308 · Subchapter J. ANNEXATION OR EXCLUSION OF LAND
SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any person owning an interest in land affected by the order may file a petition within 20 days after the effective date of the order to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order.
(b) The venue in any action shall be in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, the venue shall be in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the major portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.
(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under the provisions of this section to the court of civil appeals and supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction. The appeal is subject to the statutes and rules of practice and procedure in civil cases.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 715, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.49.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 49.308. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8021.0005APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN OTHER LAW.Printed as Sections 49.307 and 49.308, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8886.052LAND EXCLUSION.Printed as Sections 49.303-49.308, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 9007.155SUIT TO REVIEW ORDER; APPEAL.Printed as Section 49.308(c), Water Code | Section 49.308, Water Code
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