Tex. Water Code § 36.121 · Subchapter D. POWERS AND DUTIES
LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING POWER OF DISTRICTS OVER WELLS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as provided by Section 36.117, a district that is created under this chapter on or after September 1, 1991, shall exempt from regulation under this chapter a well and any water produced or to be produced by a well that is located in a county that has a population of 15,500 or less if the water is to be used solely to supply a municipality that has a population of 125,500 or less and the rights to the water produced from the well are owned by a political subdivision that is not a municipality, or by a municipality that has a population of 133,000 or less, and that purchased, owned, or held rights to the water before the date on which the district was created, regardless of the date the well is drilled or the water is produced. The district may not prohibit the political subdivision or municipality from transporting produced water inside or outside the district's boundaries.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 11.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 3109), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 181, eff. September 1, 2011.
Reenacted by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 21.002, eff. September 1, 2013.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 644 (H.B. 4559), Sec. 280, eff. September 1, 2023.
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Special District Local Laws Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8837.006APPLICABILITY OF OTHER GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LAW.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8851.103LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING POWER NOT APPLICABLE.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8852.108LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING POWER NOT APPLICABLE.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8867.102LIMITATION ON RULEMAKING POWER NOT APPLICABLE.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8876.005APPLICABILITY OF OTHER GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LAW.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 8891.005APPLICABILITY OF OTHER GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT LAW.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
- Tex. Spec. Dist. Local Laws Code § 11002.112GROUNDWATER REGULATION.Printed as Section 36.121, Water Code
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