A person affected by the failure of the commission or the executive director to act in a reasonable time on an application to appropriate water or to perform any other duty with reasonable promptness may file a petition to compel the commission or the executive director to show cause why it should not be directed by the court to take immediate action.
Tex. Water Code § 5.352
REMEDY FOR COMMISSION OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INACTION
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Larry Koch, Inc. v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (2001)
Most recently applied in COM'N ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY v. Kelsoe (April 2009)
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.