Sec. 8806.102. WELL PERMITS  


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  • (a) The board may:

    (1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in the groundwater reservoir; and

    (2) issue a permit subject to terms and provisions relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.

    (b) The board may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or the right to produce groundwater from that well subject to rules adopted under this chapter.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 , Sec. 1.11, eff. April 1, 2009.