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Tex. Water Code § 5.110 (2026)

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Sec. 5.110. GENERAL COUNSEL. (a) The commission shall appoint a general counsel who shall serve at the will of the commission.

(b) The general counsel is the chief legal officer for the commission.

(c) The general counsel must be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state.

(d) The general counsel shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers specifically authorized by this code or delegated to the general counsel by the commission.

Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

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Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · leading case: Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, No. 03-17-00499-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 22, 2019).
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Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, No. 03-17-00499-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 22, 2019). “110(d) of the Water Code, see Tex. Water Code § 5.110(d) (describing duties of general counsel and authorizing general counsel to exercise powers specifically delegated by TCEQ), and the TCEQ resolution that granted the General Counsel the “authority to make clerical and…”
Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, No. 03-17-00499-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 11, 2019). “110(d) of the Water Code, see Tex. Water Code § 5.110(d) (describing duties of general counsel and authorizing general counsel to exercise powers specifically delegated by TCEQ), and the TCEQ resolution that granted the General Counsel the “authority to make clerical and…”
Nicky E. Dyer v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Texcom Gulf Disposal, LLC, 646 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. 2022). “53See TEX. WATER CODE § 5.110(d) (“The general counsel shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers specifically authorized by this code or delegated to the general counsel by [TCEQ].”
Tex. Water Code § 5.110(d): 3 cases
Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, No. 03-17-00499-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 22, 2019). “110(d) of the Water Code, see Tex. Water Code § 5.110(d) (describing duties of general counsel and authorizing general counsel to exercise powers specifically delegated by TCEQ), and the TCEQ resolution that granted the General Counsel the “authority to make clerical and…”
Nicky E. Dyer Flora Harrell Edgar Hoagland Shirley Hoagland James Langston James A. Langston v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality Bryan W. Shaw, No. 03-17-00499-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 11, 2019). “110(d) of the Water Code, see Tex. Water Code § 5.110(d) (describing duties of general counsel and authorizing general counsel to exercise powers specifically delegated by TCEQ), and the TCEQ resolution that granted the General Counsel the “authority to make clerical and…”
Nicky E. Dyer v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Texcom Gulf Disposal, LLC, 646 S.W.3d 498 (Tex. 2022). “53See TEX. WATER CODE § 5.110(d) (“The general counsel shall perform the duties and may exercise the powers specifically authorized by this code or delegated to the general counsel by [TCEQ].”
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