Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 36.414 - Consolidated Hearing on Applications(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a district shall process applications from a single applicant under consolidated notice and hearing procedures on written request by the applicant if the district requires a separate permit or permit amendment application for:(1) drilling, equipping, operating, or completing a well or substantially altering the size of a well or well pump under Section 36.113;(2) the spacing of water wells or the production of groundwater under Section 36.116; or(3) transferring groundwater out of a district under Section 36.122.(b) A district is not required to use consolidated notice and hearing procedures to process separate permit or permit amendment applications from a single applicant if the board cannot adequately evaluate one application until it has acted on another application.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 970, Sec. 17, eff. 9/1/2005.