Texas Water Code 51.766 – Suit to Review Exclusion
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(a) A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under § 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.
(b) Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.
Terms Used In Texas Water Code 51.766
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- 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.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.