Tex. Water Code § 5.177 · Subchapter E. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR COMMISSION
NOTICE OF COMPLAINT PROCEDURES; NOTICE OF INVESTIGATION STATUS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The agency shall provide to the person filing the complaint about a matter within the commission's regulatory jurisdiction and to each person who is the subject of the complaint a copy of the commission's policies and procedures relating to complaint investigation and resolution.
(b) The commission, at least quarterly until final disposition of the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.
(c) The commission is not required to provide the information described in Subsection (a) or (b) to a complainant who:
(1) files an anonymous complaint;
(2) provides inaccurate contact information; or
(3) files a complaint described by Section 5.176(c).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 1.15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (S.B. 471), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.5.htm
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