Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8832.103 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES
WELL PERMITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) As permitted by Chapter 36, Water Code, the district may:
(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in a groundwater reservoir in the district; and
(2) issue a permit that includes terms relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.
(b) The district may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or the right to produce groundwater from that well subject to rules adopted under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8832.htm
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