{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.257","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1901.257","heading":"MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING ABANDONED WELLS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"abandoned well\" and \"deteriorated well\" have the meanings assigned by Section 1901.255.\n(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the department shall by rule adopt or revise a joint memorandum of understanding to coordinate the efforts of the department, groundwater conservation districts, and the field offices of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality relating to investigative procedures for referrals of complaints regarding abandoned and deteriorated wells.\n(c) Each groundwater conservation district in which an abandoned or deteriorated well is located shall join the memorandum of understanding adopted under Subsection (b).\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 19.015, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","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 F. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1901.htm#1901.257","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"84a16533d0691a04342053e3d51ce86080fd237bab29cc90666bb9397eb574bb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.256","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1901.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}