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

Tex. Water Code § 29.044: DISPOSING OF OIL AND GAS WASTE.

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  1. WATER CODE
  2. TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBTITLE D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL
  4. CHAPTER 29. OIL AND GAS WASTE HAULERS
  5. SUBCHAPTER D. OFFENSES; PENALTIES

(a) No hauler may dispose of oil and gas waste on public roads or on the surface of public land or private property in this state in other than a railroad commission-approved disposal facility without written authority from the railroad commission.

(b) No hauler may dispose of oil and gas waste on property of another in other than a railroad commission-approved disposal facility without the written authority of the landowner.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 30, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

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