Tex. Occ. Code § 1902.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 20.008(1); Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.421.
(3) "Board" means the Texas Water Well Drillers Advisory Board.
(4) "Department" means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(4-a) "Executive director" means the executive director of the department.
(5) "Installer" means a person who installs or repairs well pumps and equipment. The term does not include a person who:
(A) installs or repairs well pumps and equipment on the person's own property for the person's own use; or
(B) assists in pump installation under the direct supervision of an installer and is not primarily responsible for the installation.
(6) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other private legal entity.
(7) "Pollution" means a change to the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of water in a way that:
(A) makes the water harmful to humans, animals, vegetation, or property; or
(B) impairs the public enjoyment of water for a reasonable purpose.
(8) "Pump installation" means the procedures employed in the placement and preparation for operation of equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including:
(A) construction involved in making the well and establishing seals and safeguards as necessary to protect the water from contamination; and
(B) repairs to an existing pump.
(9) "Well" means a water well, injection well, dewatering well, or monitoring well, as those terms are defined by Section 1901.001. The term does not include an injection water source well regulated under Section 91.101, Natural Resources Code.
(10) "Well pumps and equipment" means equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including the seals and safeguards necessary to protect the water from contamination.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 20.001, 20.008(1), eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.421(a), (b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (S.B. 2075), Sec. 48, eff. September 1, 2025.
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