{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8824.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8824.104","heading":"WELL SPACING RULES; EXEMPTIONS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the district shall exempt from the well spacing requirements adopted by the district any well that is completed on or before the effective date of those requirements.\n(b) The district may provide by rule that a well may lose its exemption under this section if the well is modified in a manner that substantially increases the capacity of the well after the effective date of the well spacing requirements adopted by the district.\n(c) Except as provided by this section, the district may require any well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Chapter 36, Water Code, to comply with the well spacing requirements adopted by the district. The district shall apply well spacing requirements uniformly to any well or class of wells based on the size or capacity of the well and without regard to the type of use of the groundwater produced by the well.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 953 (H.B. 4032), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER For contingent expiration of this chapter, see Section 8824.003.","CHAPTER 8824. COLORADO COUNTY GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8824.htm#8824.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"22f0d0ab35a1a0f52167e3d720cfa49382033c35a4f8184b0e8db9a9ab41bd36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8824.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8824.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}