Tex. Water Code § 36.415
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 36.415, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 36.415. RULES; ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES.
Official statutory text
(a) A district by rule shall adopt procedural rules to implement this subchapter and may adopt notice and hearing procedures in addition to those provided by this subchapter.
(b) In adopting the rules, a district shall:
(1) define under what circumstances an application is considered contested;
(2) limit participation in a hearing on a contested application to persons who have a personal justiciable interest related to a legal right, duty, privilege, power, or economic interest that is within a district's regulatory authority and affected by a permit or permit amendment application, not including persons who have an interest common to members of the public; and
(3) establish the deadline for a person who may participate under Subdivision (2) to file in the manner required by the district a protest and request for a contested case hearing.
(b) In adopting the rules, a district shall:
(1) define under what circumstances an application is considered contested;
(2) limit participation in a hearing on a contested application to persons who have a personal justiciable interest related to a legal right, duty, privilege, power, or economic interest that is within a district's regulatory authority and affected by a permit or permit amendment application, not including persons who have an interest common to members of the public; and
(3) establish the deadline for a person who may participate under Subdivision (2) to file in the manner required by the district a protest and request for a contested case hearing.
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