Tex. Water Code § 11.202 · Subchapter F. ARTESIAN WELLS
RIGHT TO DRILL ARTESIAN WELL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by this section, a person is entitled to drill an artesian well for domestic purposes or for stock raising without complying with the general provisions of this code regulating the use of water.
(b) The artesian well must be on that person's own land and must be properly and securely cased.
(c) When water is reached containing mineral or other substances injurious to vegetation or agriculture, the artesian well must be securely capped or its flow controlled so as not to injure another person's land or properly plugged so as to prevent the water from rising above the first impervious stratum below the surface of the ground.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 4, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm
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