{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.158","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 7.158","heading":"VIOLATION RELATING TO PLUGGING WELLS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person is the owner of a well that is required to be cased or plugged by Chapter 28 and the person:\n(1) fails or refuses to case or plug the well within the 30-day period following the date of the commission's order to do so; or\n(2) fails to comply with any other order issued by the commission under Chapter 28 within the 30-day period following the date of the order.\n(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable under Section 7.187(1)(A).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm#7.158","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"69b00ad06a4258037cd0332266a57e4109d61e5e0d0788af1f1485d0a5e01a7f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.159"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}