City of Bells v. Texas Department of Health

SHANNON, Chief Justice.

The City of Bells appeals from an order of the district court of Travis County dismissing its administrative appeal. This Court will set aside the district court’s order and remand the cause to the district court.

Bells took an administrative appeal from an adverse order of the Texas Department of Health granting a permit to Greater Texoma Utility Authority to operate a landfill within Bells’ boundaries. On the agency’s motion, the district court extended the time for the agency to file the administrative record “until further order of the Court.”

More than a year later,…