THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
Ken Paxton
| WATER AND WATER COURSES | |
| Boundaries of another district, a conservation and reclamation district may generally conduct works within, except under certain circumstances | GA-0961 |
| Cedar Bayou Navigation District’s authority to regulate structures on and near Cedar Bayou and within the District’s boundaries that may affect water transportation activities, that are incident to or accommodating of commerce or navigation, or that are incident to or necessary in the proper operation and development of ports and waterways | GA-0672 |
| Device having the appearance of a fire hydrant, water company’s authority to paint it black | GA-0710 |
| Drainage utility fee established by municipality for drainage of real property | LO97-095 |
| Edwards Aquifer Authority's power to reduce withdrawal amounts listed in permits issued to irrigation users and to persons who have operated wells for three or more years during the statutory historical period | GA-0498 |
| Edwards Aquifer Authority, rule-making powers, authority to promulgate a rule prohibiting the granting of permits and contracts to recharge facilities built before September 1, 1993; authority to specify an action that constitutes an "unreasonable denial" | GA-0708 |
| Fee for drilling and equipping of water wells, county may not assess absent specific constitutional or statutory authority | LO98-118 |
| Fee, underground water conservation district may not impose in connection with permitting or registering wells | DM-0022 |
| Fish in public waters, division of authority between water district and Parks and Wildlife Department to regulate taking, guides, and tournaments | LO98-064 |
| Groundwater conservation district, application of exemption for "public water supply wells" to well drilled and capped but not put into production until after statutory deadline | GA-0072 |
| House Bill 3109, an act of the 82nd Legislature, prevails over House Bill 2702, and thus amends section 36.121, Water Code | GA-0904 |
| Impact fees, municipal water rights fees as | GA-0482 |
| Impact fees, municipality’s authority to grant a credit for a water line project on sewer impact fees | GA-0788 |
| Nonprofit water supply corporation, notice to members of meeting to amend bylaws | LO96-042 |
| Oyster-bed leases, terms and conditions | JC-0237 |
| Pipeline, excavator must notify notification center of plan to excavate only once | JC-0234 |
| Private subdivisions, waterways created in connection with which have public waters of Gulf of Mexico as only source of water are subject to state laws regulating fishing and boating | DM-0169 |
| Proposed management plan (the "Plan") for the Upper San Saba River involving a potential delegation of legislative authority, the constitutionality of, and whether such a Plan would result in a regulatory taking, involves fact determinations that cannot be resolved in an attorney general opinion. | KP-133 |
| Public water, tidal waters which flow over privately owned submerged land are public waters and may be used by the public for fishing, navigation, and recreational use | GA-0181 |
| Purchase of groundwater, whether a contract for, that does not entitle the Red River Authority to drill for and produce groundwater nevertheless conveys a "groundwater right" such that it must be approved by the commissioners court in a county without a groundwater conservation district is a question that can only be answered by reference to the particular contract at issue | GA-1049 |
| Regional water planning group members are entitled to common-law defense of official immunity for discretionary acts taken in good faith within the scope of their authority | LO98-080 |
| River authority not authorized to compel septic tank users to connect to sewage disposal system | JC-0162 |
| Rule requiring water well to be located minimum distance from property line within scope of rule-making authority of Department of Licensing and Regulation | JC-0090 |
| Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation District has broad statutory authority to transfer certain assets to individuals or other entities | GA-0843 |
| Subject to constitutional restrictions, real property is generally located in districts created by special law rather than in districts to which the real property was previously annexed | GA-0792 |
| Submerged land within municipal limits, privately owned land may be subject to municipal regulation | LO98-114 |
| Submerged real property bordering Gulf of Mexico is presumed to belong to State | LO90-089 |
| Wading on submerged private property while fishing in public waters, whether it constitutes trespass does not appear to be settled under Texas law | LO98-117 |
| Water quality protection zones, whether statute creating impermissibly delegates legislative authority to private landowners | JC-0402 |
| Water supply corporation’s authority under Water Code subsection 13.2502(a) to provide, at its discretion, water service to an applicant who meets the conditions of that subsection | GA-0781 |
| Water-supply corporation, for-profit domestic corporation may convert to | JC-0015 |
| Wetlands mitigation program, Harris County Flood Control District not "political subdivision" for purpose of instituting | LO93-002 |
| Zoning and other police powers, municipality may exercise over privately owned canal bed located within municipal limits so long as regulations do not interfere with public's right to use water | LO98-114 |