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Tex. Water Code § 11.317 (2026)

Filing Final Determination With District Court

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Sec. 11.317. FILING FINAL DETERMINATION WITH DISTRICT COURT. (a) As soon as practicable after the disposition of all applications for rehearing, the commission shall file a certified copy of the final determination, together with all evidence presented to or considered by the commission, in a district court of any county in which the stream or segment under adjudication is located. However, if the stream or segment under adjudication includes all or parts of three or more counties and if 10 or more affected persons who appeared in the proceedings petition the commission to do so, the commission shall file the action in a convenient district court of a judicial district which is not within the river basin of the stream or segment under adjudication.

(b) The commission shall obtain an order from the court fixing a time not less than 30 days from the date of the order for the filing of exceptions to the final determination and also fixing a time not less than 60 days from the date of the order for the commencement of hearings on exceptions.

(c) The commission shall immediately give written notice of the court order by certified mail to all parties who appeared in the proceedings before the commission. The commission shall file proof of the service with the court.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: Phil Wilson v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016).
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Phil Wilson v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016). “Under Texas Water Code section 11.317, the final determination of the TWC was filed in district court for a de novo review.”
In re Adjudication of Water Rights, Etc., 642 S.W.2d 446 (Tex. 1982). “See Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.317 . Schero, in compliance with the statutory procedure, contested the Commission’s adjudication by filing exceptions to the adjudication.”
In re Adjudication of the Water Rights in the Medina River Watershed of the San Antonio River Basin, 670 S.W.2d 250 (Tex. 1984). “1 The Commission then initiated judicial review of that order under TEX. WATER CODE ANN. § 11.317, and Mitchell filed exceptions thereto.”
Adjudication of Water Rights in the Medina River Watershed of the San Antonio River Basin v. Alamo Nat'l Bank Indep., 645 S.W.2d 596 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1982). “Tex.Water Code Ann. § 11.317(a) (Vernon Supp.”
Tex. Water Code § 11.317(a): 1 case
Adjudication of Water Rights in the Medina River Watershed of the San Antonio River Basin v. Alamo Nat'l Bank Indep., 645 S.W.2d 596 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1982). “Tex.Water Code Ann. § 11.317(a) (Vernon Supp.”
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