Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer Authority

In Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation District, 925 S.W.2d 618 (Tex.1996), we upheld the Edwards Aquifer Act 1 over a number of constitutional challenges. We now consider whether certain actions of the entity created to carry out the Legislature’s conservation mandate as expressed in the Edwards Aquifer Act violate provisions of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act. See Tex. Gov’t Code §§ 2007.001-.045.

Plaintiffs Glenn and JoLynn Bragg sued the Edwards Aquifer Authority and its general manager, Gregory Ellis, claiming that the Authority violated the Property…