Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE |
Title 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER |
Subtitle H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER |
Chapter 8832. MESQUITE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT |
Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 8832.103. WELL PERMITS
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(a) As permitted by Chapter 36, Water Code, the district may:
(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in a groundwater reservoir in the district; and
(2) issue a permit that includes terms relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.
(b) The district 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 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 , Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2011.