Tex. Water Code § 5.351 · Subchapter I. JUDICIAL REVIEW
JUDICIAL REVIEW OF COMMISSION ACTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person affected by a ruling, order, decision, or other act of the commission may file a petition to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the act of the commission.
(b) A person affected by a ruling, order, or decision of the commission must file a petition within 30 days after the effective date of the ruling, order, or decision. A person affected by an act other than a ruling, order, or decision must file a petition within 30 days after the date the commission performed the act.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) or another provision of law to the contrary, a person affected by a ruling, order, or decision on a matter delegated to the executive director under Section 5.122 or other law may, after exhausting any administrative remedies, file a petition to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the ruling, order, or decision not later than the 30th day after:
(1) the effective date of the ruling, order, or decision; or
(2) if the executive director's ruling, order, or decision is appealed to the commission as authorized by Section 5.122(b) or other law, the earlier of:
(A) the date the commission denies the appeal; or
(B) the date the appeal is overruled by operation of law in accordance with commission rules.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 3177), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 174 (S.B. 211), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.5.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 5.351. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.321APPEALS.Printed as Section 5.351, Water Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.322APPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ISSUED UNDER SECTION 361.272; JOINDER OF PARTIES.Printed as Section 5.351, Water Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 382.032APPEAL OF COMMISSION ACTION.Printed as Section 5.351, Water Code
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 5.353DILIGENT PROSECUTION OF SUIT.Printed as Section 5.351 or 5.352
- Tex. Water Code § 5.354VENUE.Printed as Section 5.351 or 5.352
- Tex. Water Code § 35.008PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA; CONSIDERATION OF CREATION OF NEW DISTRICT OR ADDITION OF LAND IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA TO EXISTING DISTRICT; COMMISSION ORDER.Printed as Section 5.351
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