Tex. Water Code § 35.009
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 35.009, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 35.009. NOTICE AND HEARING.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall have notice of the hearing published in at least one newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in which the area proposed for designation as a priority groundwater management area is located. Notice must be published not later than the 30th day before the date set for the hearing.
(b) The notice must include:
(1) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of designating the proposed priority groundwater management area;
(2) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of creating a new district in the priority groundwater management area;
(3) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of adding all or part of the land in the priority groundwater management area to an existing district;
(4) a map generally outlining the boundaries of the area being considered for priority groundwater management area designation or notice of the location at which a copy of the map may be examined or obtained;
(5) a statement that the executive director's report concerning the priority groundwater management area or proposed area is available at the commission's main office in Austin, Texas, and at regional offices of the commission for regions which include territory within the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area and that the report is available for inspection during regular business hours;
(6) a description or the name of the locations in the affected area at which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report to be made available for public inspection;
(7) the name and address of each public library, each county clerk's office, and each district to which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report; and
(8) the date, time, and place of the hearing.
(c) The commission shall also give written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to the governing body of each county, regional water planning group, adjacent groundwater district, municipality, river authority, water district, or other entity which supplies public drinking water, including each holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission, and of each irrigation district, located either in whole or in part in the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area. The notice must be given before the 30th day preceding the date set for the hearing.
(b) The notice must include:
(1) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of designating the proposed priority groundwater management area;
(2) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of creating a new district in the priority groundwater management area;
(3) if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of adding all or part of the land in the priority groundwater management area to an existing district;
(4) a map generally outlining the boundaries of the area being considered for priority groundwater management area designation or notice of the location at which a copy of the map may be examined or obtained;
(5) a statement that the executive director's report concerning the priority groundwater management area or proposed area is available at the commission's main office in Austin, Texas, and at regional offices of the commission for regions which include territory within the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area and that the report is available for inspection during regular business hours;
(6) a description or the name of the locations in the affected area at which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report to be made available for public inspection;
(7) the name and address of each public library, each county clerk's office, and each district to which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report; and
(8) the date, time, and place of the hearing.
(c) The commission shall also give written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to the governing body of each county, regional water planning group, adjacent groundwater district, municipality, river authority, water district, or other entity which supplies public drinking water, including each holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission, and of each irrigation district, located either in whole or in part in the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area. The notice must be given before the 30th day preceding the date set for the hearing.
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