Tex. Water Code § 27.157 · Subchapter G. AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY PROJECTS
OTHER LAWS NOT AFFECTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter does not affect the ability to regulate an aquifer storage and recovery project as authorized under:
(1) Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, for the Edwards Aquifer Authority;
(2) Chapter 8801, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
(3) Chapter 8834, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
(4) Chapter 8802, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; or
(5) Chapter 8811, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District.
(b) This subchapter does not affect the authority of the commission regarding:
(1) recharge projects in certain portions of the Edwards underground reservoir under Sections 11.023(c) and (d); or
(2) injection wells that transect or terminate in certain portions of the Edwards Aquifer under Section 27.0516.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 505 (H.B. 655), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.27.htm
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Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code ch. 8801HARRIS-GALVESTON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICTPrinted as Chapter 8801, Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code ch. 8802BARTON SPRINGS-EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICTPrinted as Chapter 8802, Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code ch. 8811CORPUS CHRISTI AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY CONSERVATION DISTRICTPrinted as Chapter 8811, Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code ch. 8834FORT BEND SUBSIDENCE DISTRICTPrinted as Chapter 8834, Special District Local Laws Code
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 11.023PURPOSES FOR WHICH WATER MAY BE APPROPRIATED.Printed as Sections 11.023(c)
- Tex. Water Code § 27.0516PERMITS FOR INJECTION WELLS THAT TRANSECT OR TERMINATE IN PORTION OF EDWARDS AQUIFER WITHIN EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES OF BARTON SPRINGS-EDWARDS AQUIFER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.Printed as Section 27.0516
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