Tex. Water Code § 26.267
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 26.267, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 26.267. EXEMPTIONS.
Official statutory text
(a) No person shall be held liable under this subchapter for any spill or discharge resulting from an act of God, act of war, third party negligence, or an act of government.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way affect or limit the liability of any person to any other person or to the United States, or to this state.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the state or the commission shall utilize any and all procedures relating to releases or threatened releases of solid wastes contained in Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code prior to utilizing the provisions of this subchapter with respect to such releases or threatened releases.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall in any way affect or limit the liability of any person to any other person or to the United States, or to this state.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the state or the commission shall utilize any and all procedures relating to releases or threatened releases of solid wastes contained in Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code prior to utilizing the provisions of this subchapter with respect to such releases or threatened releases.
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