Sec. 51.766. SUIT TO REVIEW EXCLUSION. (a) A person who owns an interest in property affected by an exclusion order issued under Section 51.761 may sue to review, set aside, modify, or suspend the order not later than the 20th day after the effective date of the order.
(b) Venue is in any district court that has jurisdiction in the county in which the district is located. If the district includes land in more than one county, venue is in the district court having jurisdiction in the county in which the largest portion of the acreage of the land sought to be excluded from the district is located.
(c) A person may appeal from the judgment or order of a district court in a suit brought under this section to the court of civil appeals and the supreme court as in other civil cases in which the district court has original jurisdiction.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.
Last modified: September 28, 2016