Tex. Water Code § 27.056 · Subchapter D. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FACTORS IN SETTING CASING DEPTH.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before setting the depth to which casing shall be installed, the commission or railroad commission shall consider:
(1) known geological and hydrological conditions and relationships;
(2) foreseeable future economic development in the area; and
(3) foreseeable future demand for the use of fresh water in the locality.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3161, ch. 830, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.27.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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