Section 8886.153 - Well Permits(a) The board may:(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in a groundwater reservoir in the district; and(2) issue a permit that imposes terms relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.(b) The board 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 the right to produce groundwater from that well, subject to rules adopted under this chapter.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8886.153
Added by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 869,Sec. 1.04, eff. 4/1/2019.