Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.047
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.047, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 131.047. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Official statutory text
(a) Any party to the administrative proceedings whose interest is or may be adversely affected by a ruling, order, decision, or other act of the commission may appeal by filing a petition in a district court of Travis County or in the county in which the greater portion of the land in question is located.
(b) The plaintiff shall pursue his action with reasonable diligence, and if the plaintiff does not prosecute his action within one year after the action is filed, the court shall presume that the action has been abandoned. The court shall dismiss the suit on a motion for dismissal made by the attorney general unless the plaintiff, after receiving due notice, can show good and sufficient cause for the delay.
(c) The court shall hear the complaint solely on the record made before the commission. The findings of the commission, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be upheld.
(d) The court may, under conditions it may prescribe, grant temporary relief that it considers appropriate pending final determination of the proceedings.
(e) The commencement of a proceeding under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the action, order, or decision of the commission.
(f) Repealed by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2647, ch. 707, Sec. 4(48), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
(b) The plaintiff shall pursue his action with reasonable diligence, and if the plaintiff does not prosecute his action within one year after the action is filed, the court shall presume that the action has been abandoned. The court shall dismiss the suit on a motion for dismissal made by the attorney general unless the plaintiff, after receiving due notice, can show good and sufficient cause for the delay.
(c) The court shall hear the complaint solely on the record made before the commission. The findings of the commission, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be upheld.
(d) The court may, under conditions it may prescribe, grant temporary relief that it considers appropriate pending final determination of the proceedings.
(e) The commencement of a proceeding under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of the action, order, or decision of the commission.
(f) Repealed by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2647, ch. 707, Sec. 4(48), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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