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Tex. Water Code § 36.014

This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 36.014, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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§ 36.014. NOTICE AND PUBLIC MEETING ON DISTRICT CREATION.

Official statutory text

(a) If a petition is filed under Section 36.013, the commission shall give notice of the application and shall conduct a public meeting in a central location within the area of the proposed district on the application not later than the 60th day after the date the commission issues notice. The notice must contain the date, time, and location of the public meeting and must be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the area of the proposed district.

(b) If the petition contains a request to create a management area in all or part of the proposed district, the notice must also be given in accordance with the requirements in Section 35.006 for the designation of management areas.

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