Tex. Water Code § 5.504
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 5.504, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 5.504. HEARING TO AFFIRM, MODIFY, OR SET ASIDE ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) If the commission, the executive director, or the executive director's representative issues an emergency order under this subchapter without a hearing, the order shall set a time and place for a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside the emergency order to be held before the commission or its designee as soon as practicable after the order is issued.
(b) At or following the hearing required under Subsection (a), the commission shall affirm, modify, or set aside the emergency order.
(c) A hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, and commission rules. Commission rules concerning a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order must provide for presentation of evidence by the applicant under oath, presentation of rebuttal evidence, and cross-examination of witnesses.
(b) At or following the hearing required under Subsection (a), the commission shall affirm, modify, or set aside the emergency order.
(c) A hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 2001, Government Code, and commission rules. Commission rules concerning a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside an emergency order must provide for presentation of evidence by the applicant under oath, presentation of rebuttal evidence, and cross-examination of witnesses.
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