Lower Laguna Madre Foundation, Inc. v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.

The Lower Laguna Madre Foundation (“the Foundation”) 1 and Walter Kittelber-ger 2 appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (“the Commission”) and the Loma Alta Trust (“Loma Alta”). This appeal presents four issues: (1) whether section 321.272(b)(3) of the Texas Administrative Code (“the rule”) creates an exemption for shrimp research facilities; (2) whether the Commission violated section 26.040 of the Texas Water Code by failing to set requirements and conditions for an exempted shrimp research…