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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8810.102: PERMITS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES; APPLICABLE RULES.

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  1. SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
  2. TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
  3. SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER For contingent expiration of this chapter, see Sec. 8810.003.
  4. CHAPTER 8810. CENTRAL TEXAS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

(a) The district may require a permit for any activity that extracts groundwater or allows more than 25,000 gallons of groundwater a day to escape.

(b) If a permit is required under Subsection (a), the permit holder is subject to rules adopted by the district to:

(1) conserve, preserve, protect, and recharge the groundwater or a groundwater reservoir or its subdivisions to control subsidence, prevent degradation of groundwater quality, and prevent waste of groundwater; and

(2) carry out any other power or duty under Chapter 36, Water Code.

(c) To the extent of a conflict, this section controls over Section 36.117(b), Water Code.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 855 (S.B. 967), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

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