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NUECES COUNTY WATER C. & I. DIST. v. TEXAS WATER R'TS COM'N

No. 11906.

481 S.W.2d 930 (1972)

NUECES COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 3, Appellant, v. TEXAS WATER RIGHTS COMMISSION et al., Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied June 21, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Butler, Robstown, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, Victor W. Bouldin, Clifford W. Youngblood, Houston, for appellant.

James R. Riggs, City Atty., Corpus Christi, I. M. Singer, Wood, Burney, Nesbitt & Ryan, Allen Wood, Corpus Christi, Baker & Botts, Edward S. Howell, Houston, Timothy L. Brown, Austin, for Texas Water Rights Commission.

Crawford C. Martin, Atty. Gen., Nola White, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger Tyler and Vince Taylor, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for other appellees.

SHANNON, Justice.

The main question to be decided is whether a conservation and reclamation district, under the circumstances of this case, could change the use of irrigation waters under its certified filing to municipal and domestic purposes as conditions change without filing an amendment to its certified filing and obtaining the approval of the Texas Water Rights Commission. We hold that it could.

This is a companion case to No. 11,907, Nueces County Water...

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