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Tex. Occ. Code § 1901.052

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Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff

(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to enforce this chapter, including rules governing:

(1) license applications;

(2) qualifications of applicants;

(3) standards of conduct for drillers, including standards for marking well drilling rigs and equipment; and

(4) procedures and practices before the department.

(b) The commission may not adopt a rule under this chapter that:

(1) regulates the installation or repair of well pumps and equipment by:

(A) a person on property the person owns or controls for the person's own use;

(B) an employee of a person described by Paragraph (A); or

(C) a person who is not hired or compensated and who acts on behalf of a person described by Paragraph (A); or

(2) requires a person who owns or controls property or possesses a well to complete, repair, or retrofit the well to any standard other than a standard in effect at the time the well was originally completed unless the well is found to be a threat to public health and safety or to water quality.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.