{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 7.251","heading":"ACT OF GOD.","body":"If a person can establish that an event that would otherwise be a violation of a statute within the commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or a permit issued under such a statute was caused solely by an act of God, war, strike, riot, or other catastrophe, the event is not a violation of that statute, rule, order, or permit.\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 F. DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm#7.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"a1b34c0e91d5f429eee03e97a33d4d5e2d693041fa3b41370b960a90532cccc9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}