{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.197","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 7.197","heading":"ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEADINGS.","body":"In any criminal action instituted against a private corporation under this subchapter:\n(1) appearance is for the purpose of arraignment; and\n(2) the corporation has 10 full days after the day the arraignment takes place and before the day the trial begins to file written pleadings.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm#7.197","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"b36c372db70d61a855072d0c50a20c072f11360a287d8a2d99099cf3b8d6dba2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.196","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.198"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}