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

Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8861.102: AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT TO REQUIRE PERMITS FOR CERTAIN WELLS.

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  1. SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE
  2. TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER
  3. SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER
  4. CHAPTER 8861. MENARD COUNTY UNDERGROUND WATER DISTRICT
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES

The district may require a permit for a well used for domestic purposes or to provide water for livestock, poultry, or wildlife if the well is:

(1) on a tract of land smaller than 100 acres;

(2) less than 500 feet deep; and

(3) drilled, completed, or equipped so that the well is capable of producing more than 9,000 gallons of groundwater per day.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1026), Sec. 1.05, eff. April 1, 2015.

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