(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to enforce this chapter, including rules governing:(1) license applications;(2) qualifications of applicants;(3) standards of conduct for drillers, including standards for marking well drilling rigs and equipment; and(4) procedures and practices before the department.(b) The commission may not adopt a rule under this chapter that:(1) regulates the installation or repair of well pumps and equipment by: (A) a person on property the person owns or controls for the person's own use;(B) an employee of a person described by Paragraph (A); or(C) a person who is not hired or compensated and who acts on behalf of a person described by Paragraph (A); or(2) requires a person who owns or controls property or possesses a well to complete, repair, or retrofit the well to any standard other than a standard in effect at the time the well was originally completed unless the well is found to be a threat to public health and safety or to water quality.Tex. Occ. Code § 1901.052
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 19.003, eff. 9/1/2003.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. 6/1/2003.