If the commissioners court refuses to issue the permit, the applicant may recover his filing fee from the county treasurer or other official exercising similar authority if there is no county treasurer.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 61.220
RETURN OF FILING FEE
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2490, ch. 871, art
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