Tex. Water Code § 54.020
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 54.020, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 54.020. HEARING.
Official statutory text
(a) If the commission determines that a hearing is necessary under Section 49.011, the commission shall conduct a hearing and accept evidence on the sufficiency of the petition and whether the project is feasible and practicable and is necessary and would be a benefit to all or any part of the land proposed to be included in the district.
(b) The commission shall have jurisdiction to determine all issues on the sufficiency of the petition and creation of the district.
(c) The hearing may be adjourned from day to day, and the commission shall have power to make all incidental orders necessary with respect to the matters before it.
(b) The commission shall have jurisdiction to determine all issues on the sufficiency of the petition and creation of the district.
(c) The hearing may be adjourned from day to day, and the commission shall have power to make all incidental orders necessary with respect to the matters before it.
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