Tex. Water Code § 36.1145 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
OPERATING PERMIT RENEWAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a district shall without a hearing renew or approve an application to renew an operating permit before the date on which the permit expires, provided that:
(1) the application, if required by the district, is submitted in a timely manner and accompanied by any required fees in accordance with district rules; and
(2) the permit holder is not requesting a change related to the renewal that would require a permit amendment under district rules.
(b) A district is not required to renew a permit under this section if the applicant:
(1) is delinquent in paying a fee required by the district;
(2) is subject to a pending enforcement action for a substantive violation of a district permit, order, or rule that has not been settled by agreement with the district or a final adjudication; or
(3) has not paid a civil penalty or has otherwise failed to comply with an order resulting from a final adjudication of a violation of a district permit, order, or rule.
(c) If a district is not required to renew a permit under Subsection (b)(2), the permit remains in effect until the final settlement or adjudication on the matter of the substantive violation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 308 (S.B. 854), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
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.36.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Water Code § 36.1145. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 36.113PERMITS FOR WELLS; PERMIT AMENDMENTS.Printed as Section 36.1145
- Tex. Water Code § 36.114PERMIT; PERMIT AMENDMENT; APPLICATION AND HEARING.Printed as Section 36.1145
- Tex. Water Code § 36.1146CHANGE IN OPERATING PERMITS.Printed as Section 36.1145
- Tex. Water Code § 36.122TRANSFER OF GROUNDWATER OUT OF DISTRICT.Printed as Section 36.1145
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