Tex. Water Code § 29.002 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Person" means an individual, association of individuals, partnership, corporation, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, or a fiduciary or representative of any kind.
(2) "Railroad commission" means the Railroad Commission of Texas.
(3) "Oil and gas waste" means oil and gas waste as defined by Section 91.1011, Natural Resources Code, and includes water containing salt or other mineralized substances produced by drilling an oil or gas well or produced in connection with the operation of an oil or gas well.
(4) "Hauler" means a person who transports oil and gas waste for hire by any method other than by pipeline.
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., ch. 603, Sec. 22, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
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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.29.htm
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