Texas Special District Local Laws Code 8510.0317 – Limitation On Purchase of Groundwater Rights
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Terms Used In Texas Special District Local Laws Code 8510.0317
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
The authority may purchase groundwater rights in a county inside the authority’s territory only if:
(1) there is a groundwater conservation district that has jurisdiction over water wells located in the county; or
(2) in a county that is not in the jurisdiction of a groundwater conservation district, the commissioners court of the county approves the purchase of groundwater rights by the authority in the county.