Tex. Water Code § 36.115 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
DRILLING OR ALTERING WELL WITHOUT PERMIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No person, firm, or corporation may drill a well without first obtaining a permit from the district.
(b) No person, firm, or corporation may alter the size of a well or well pump such that it would bring that well under the jurisdiction of the district without first obtaining a permit from the district.
(c) No person, firm, or corporation may operate a well without first obtaining a permit from the district.
(d) A violation occurs on the first day the drilling, alteration, or operation begins and continues each day thereafter until the appropriate permits are approved.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- 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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