If a person can establish that an event that would otherwise be a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute was caused solely by an act of God, war, strike, riot, or other catastrophe, the event is not a violation of that statute, rule, order, or permit.
Tex. Water Code § 7.251
ACT OF GOD
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Spotts v. United States (2010)
Most recently applied in Spotts v. United States (July 2010)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, 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.