Legal Opinion
Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Chemical Lime, Ltd.
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided September 14, 2006No. 03-04-00379-CVPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING
BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.
We deny appellants’ motion for rehearing, withdraw our opinion and judgment dated June 2, 2006, and substitute the following in its place.
In the 1993 Edwards Aquifer Authority Act (EAA Act), the legislature established a new regulatory scheme to govern use of groundwater from the aquifer and a new agency, appellant Edwards Aquifer Authority (the Authority), to administer the regime. The legislature granted a preference under the EAA Act’s permitting regime to existing users of aquifer water. To obtain the preference, the EAA Act…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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