{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 756.002","heading":"COVERING OR PLUGGING SMALL WELL OR HOLE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who drills, digs, or otherwise creates or causes to be drilled, dug, or otherwise created a well or hole that is at least 10 feet deep and less than 10 inches in diameter may not abandon the hole unless the person first:\n(1) completely fills the well or hole from its total depth to the surface; or\n(2) plugs the well or hole with a permanent plug not less than 10 feet from the surface and completely fills the well or hole from the plug to the surface.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person abandons a well or hole in violation of this section. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 9. SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 756. MISCELLANEOUS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. COVERING WELLS, CISTERNS, AND HOLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.756.htm#756.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"052a7384fdfce931eec4403347129751561029375c297e0c05a0b9d5932bf3f4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-756.011"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}