Tex. Water Code § 7.189
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 7.189, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 7.189. VENUE.
Official statutory text
Venue for prosecution of an alleged violation under this subchapter is in:
(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred;
(2) the county where the defendant resides;
(3) if the alleged violation involves the transportation of a discharge, waste, or pollutant, any county to which or through which the discharge, waste, or pollutant was transported; or
(4) Travis County.
(1) the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred;
(2) the county where the defendant resides;
(3) if the alleged violation involves the transportation of a discharge, waste, or pollutant, any county to which or through which the discharge, waste, or pollutant was transported; or
(4) Travis County.
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