{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.202","heading":"CONTENTS OF EXAMINATION.","body":"(a) The department shall ensure that examinations are designed to disqualify a person who lacks the necessary knowledge of drilling, of completion and plugging methods and techniques, and of groundwater formations to the extent that drilling by the person would create a serious risk of polluting fresh water.\n(b) The department may prescribe additional requirements:\n(1) for the examination of monitoring well drillers; and\n(2) that relate to water conservation for the examination of dewatering well drillers.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 745 (H.B. 3744), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND SAFETY","SUBTITLE A. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO WATER","CHAPTER 1901. WATER WELL DRILLERS","SUBCHAPTER E. EXAMINATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1901.htm#1901.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"920e034beb2058c4d9073902b9140b8cd406a47c62d9360c84718caf1f3c28dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}