Tex. Water Code § 56.082
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 56.082, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 56.082. HEARING; POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commissioners court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine:
(1) contests and objections to creating a district;
(2) matters relating to creating a district; and
(3) all proceedings of a district during its organization.
(b) The commissioners court may adjourn a hearing from day to day, and the judgment of the commissioners court rendered under Subsection (a) of this section is final.
(1) contests and objections to creating a district;
(2) matters relating to creating a district; and
(3) all proceedings of a district during its organization.
(b) The commissioners court may adjourn a hearing from day to day, and the judgment of the commissioners court rendered under Subsection (a) of this section is final.
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