{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8887.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 8887.102","heading":"WELL PERMITS.","body":"(a) The district may:\n(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in a groundwater reservoir in the district; and\n(2) issue a permit subject to terms relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or contamination.\n(b) The district may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or to produce groundwater from that well subject to rules adopted to prevent waste or contamination.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 869 (H.B. 2803), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2019.","path":["SPECIAL DISTRICT LOCAL LAWS CODE","TITLE 6. WATER AND WASTEWATER","SUBTITLE H. DISTRICTS GOVERNING GROUNDWATER","CHAPTER 8887. NORTH PLAINS GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT","SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/SD/htm/SD.8887.htm#8887.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"56ebd4d351d21b4b0d7be58461cdcd72705c8ab3bad2ef2791b0ea51b82d4cb2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8887.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-special-district-local-laws-code-8887.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}