Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
WATER CODE |
Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION |
Subtitle B. WATER RIGHTS |
Chapter 12. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER RIGHTS |
Subchapter B. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO WATER RIGHTS |
Sec. 12.015. POWER TO CONDEMN WORKS
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(a) The commission may condemn existing works if their existence or operation may, in the judgment of the commission, become a public menace or dangerous to life and property.
(b) In all cases of proposed condemnation, the commission shall notify the interested party of the contemplated action and shall specify a time for him to appear and be heard.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.