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TX Water Code § 31.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations|Section 31.014. Additional Permit Considerations

Sec. 31.014.  ADDITIONAL PERMIT CONSIDERATIONS.  When determining the terms and conditions of the permit, the commission shall consider:(1)  known and expected geological and hydrological conditions and relationships;(2)  present and future economic development in the area;  and(3)  present and future demand for the use of fresh water in the locality.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 31.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations|Section 31.015. Environmental Report

Sec. 31.015.  ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT.  If an environmental report, environmental assessment, or environmental impact statement of any kind that includes an analysis of the environmental impacts of the subsurface excavation construction, operation, closure, or decommissioning is required by any federal or state agency before approval to construct the subsurface excavation, the environmental document, along with evidence of the needed approvals that have been granted, must be submitted to the commission as part of the permit application, and the commission shall make the environmental document available for public review and comment for a period of not less than 30 days before the application for the permit is considered.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 31.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations|Section 31.016. Power to Enter Property

Sec. 31.016.  POWER TO ENTER PROPERTY.  Members of the commission, employees and agents of the commission, and authorized agents or employees of local governments may enter public or private property at any time to inspect and investigate conditions relating to subsurface excavation activities or to monitor compliance with a rule, permit, or other order of the commission.  Members, employees, or agents acting under the authority of this section who enter an establishment on public or private property shall observe the establishment's safety, internal security, and fire protection rules and shall give notice before entering the property to the person in charge of the property in the manner, form, and time provided by commission rule.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 31.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations|Section 31.017. Power to Examine Records

Sec. 31.017.  POWER TO EXAMINE RECORDS.  Members of the commission, employees and agents of the commission, and authorized agents or employees of local governments may examine and copy those records or memoranda of a permittee or his contractors they are investigating or monitoring as provided by Section 31.016 of this code that relate to the construction and operation of a subsurface excavation or any other records required to be maintained by law.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 31.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle D - Water Quality Control|Chapter 31 - Subsurface Excavations|Section 31.018. Financial Responsibility

Sec. 31.018.  FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.  (a)  The commission may require in a permit that the permittee reimburse the commission for reasonable costs of monitoring and on-site, full-time surveillance to determine compliance with a rule, permit, or other order of the commission.(b)  A person to whom a permit is issued may be required by the commission to maintain a performance bond or other form of financial security to ensure payment of costs that may become due in accordance with Subsection (a) of this section or to ensure that an abandoned subsurface excavation is safely and properly sealed and that the land surface affected by any subsurface construction and operation is restored to conditions as stated in the permit.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 15.02(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|
TX Water Code § 35.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.001. Purpose

Sec. 35.001.  PURPOSE.  In order to provide for the conservation, preservation, protection, recharging, and prevention of waste of the groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, and to control subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions, consistent with the objectives of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, groundwater management areas may be created as provided by this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 35.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.002. Definitions

Sec. 35.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "District" means any district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that has the authority to regulate the spacing of water wells, the production from water wells, or both.(2)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(3)  "Executive director" means the executive director of the commission.(4)  "Executive administrator" means the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board.(5)  "Groundwater" means water percolating below the surface of the earth.(6)  "Groundwater reservoir" means a specific subsurface water-bearing reservoir having ascertainable boundaries containing groundwater.(7)  "Subdivision of a groundwater reservoir" means a definable part of a groundwater reservoir in which the groundwater supply will not be appreciably affected by withdrawing water from any other part of the reservoir, as indicated by known geological and hydrological conditions and relationships and on foreseeable economic development at the time the subdivision is designated or altered.(8)  "Subsidence" means the lowering in elevation of the land surface caused by withdrawal of groundwater.(9)  "Board" means the board of directors of a district.(10)  "Director" means a member of a board.(11)  "Management area" means an area designated and delineated by the Texas Water Development Board as an area suitable for management of groundwater resources.(12)  "Priority groundwater management area" means an area designated and delineated by the commission as an area that is experiencing or is expected to experience critical groundwater problems.(13)  "Political subdivision" means a county, municipality, or other body politic or corporate of the state, including a district or authority created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, a state agency, or a nonprofit water supply corporation created under Chapter 76, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1933 (Article 1434a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 35.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.003. Surface Water Laws Not Applicable

Sec. 35.003.  SURFACE WATER LAWS NOT APPLICABLE.  The laws and administrative rules relating to the use of surface water do not apply to groundwater.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Water Code § 35.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.004. Designation of Groundwater Management Areas

Sec. 35.004.  DESIGNATION OF GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS.  (a)  The Texas Water Development Board, with assistance and cooperation from the commission, shall designate groundwater management areas covering all major and minor aquifers in the state.  The initial designation of groundwater management areas shall be completed not later than September 1, 2003. Each groundwater management area shall be designated with the objective of providing the most suitable area for the management of the groundwater resources.  To the extent feasible, the groundwater management area shall coincide with the boundaries of a groundwater reservoir or a subdivision of a groundwater reservoir.  The Texas Water Development Board also may consider other factors, including the boundaries of political subdivisions.(b)  The commission may designate a groundwater management area after September 1, 2001, for a petition filed and accepted by the commission according to its rules in effect before September 1, 2001.  The commission shall act on the designation in accordance with this section.(c)  The Texas Water Development Board may alter the boundaries of designated management areas as required by future conditions and as justified by factual data.  An alteration of boundaries does not invalidate the previous creation of any district.(d)  The Texas Water Development Board shall designate groundwater management areas using the procedures applicable to rulemaking under Chapter 2001, Government Code.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.22, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 35.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.009. Notice and Hearing

Sec. 35.009.  NOTICE AND HEARING.  (a)  The commission shall have notice of the hearing published in at least one newspaper with general circulation in the county or counties in which the area proposed for designation as a priority groundwater management area is located.  Notice must be published not later than the 30th day before the date set for the hearing.(b)  The notice must include:(1)  if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of designating the proposed priority groundwater management area;(2)  if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of creating a new district in the priority groundwater management area;(3)  if applicable, a statement of the general purpose and effect of adding all or part of the land in the priority groundwater management area to an existing district;(4)  a map generally outlining the boundaries of the area being considered for priority groundwater management area designation or notice of the location at which a copy of the map may be examined or obtained;(5)  a statement that the executive director's report concerning the priority groundwater management area or proposed area is available at the commission's main office in Austin, Texas, and at regional offices of the commission for regions which include territory within the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area and that the report is available for inspection during regular business hours;(6)  a description or the name of the locations in the affected area at which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report to be made available for public inspection;(7)  the name and address of each public library, each county clerk's office, and each district to which the commission has provided copies of the executive director's report;  and(8)  the date, time, and place of the hearing.(c)  The commission shall also give written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to the governing body of each county, regional water planning group, adjacent groundwater district, municipality, river authority, water district, or other entity which supplies public drinking water, including each holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission, and of each irrigation district, located either in whole or in part in the priority groundwater management area or proposed priority groundwater management area.  The notice must be given before the 30th day preceding the date set for the hearing.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.25, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 35.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.012. Creation of District in Priority Groundwater Management Area

Sec. 35.012.  CREATION OF DISTRICT IN PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA.  (a)  Following the issuance of a commission order under Section 35.008 designating a priority groundwater management area and recommending the creation of one or more districts, or the addition of land to an existing district, the landowners in the priority groundwater management area may:(1)  create one or more districts under Subchapter B, Chapter 36;(2)  have the area annexed to a district that adjoins the area;  or(3)  create one or more districts through the legislative process.(b)  Except as provided by Section 35.013, within two years, but no sooner than 120 days, from the date on which the commission issues an order under Section 35.008 designating a priority groundwater management area, for those areas that are not within a district, the commission shall create one or more new districts under Section 36.0151.(b-1)  For purposes of this section, the commission may consider territory in two separately designated priority groundwater management areas to be in the same designated priority groundwater management area if:(1)  the two areas share a common boundary and one or more common aquifers; and(2)  the commission determines that a district composed of territory in the two areas will result in more effective or efficient groundwater management than other options available to the commission.(c)  Following the issuance of a commission order under Section 35.008, the Texas Agricultural Extension Service shall begin an educational program within such areas with the assistance and cooperation of the Texas Water Development Board, the commission, the Department of Agriculture, other state agencies, and existing districts to inform the residents of the status of the area's water resources and management options including possible formation of a district.  The county commissioners court of each county in the priority groundwater management area shall form a steering committee to provide assistance to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service in accomplishing the goals of the education program within the area.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 11, eff. June 18, 1999;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 979, Sec. 13, eff. June 18, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.26, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 886 (S.B. 313), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Water Code § 35.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.014. Costs of Elections

Sec. 35.014.  COSTS OF ELECTIONS.  (a)  The costs of an election to create a district at which a district is authorized to be created shall be paid by the district.(b)  The costs of an election to add a priority groundwater management area to an existing district at which the voters approve adding the priority groundwater management area to the district shall be paid by the existing district.(c)  The costs of an election to create a district or add a priority groundwater management area to an existing district at which the proposition fails shall be paid by the commission.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.16, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 35.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.015. State Assistance

Sec. 35.015.  STATE ASSISTANCE.  A political subdivision located in an area delineated as a priority groundwater management area, and in which qualified voters approve the creation of a district or annexation into an existing district, shall be given consideration to receive financial assistance from the state under Chapter 17 for funds to be used in addressing issues identified in the priority groundwater management area report in the manner provided by Sections 17.124 and 17.125.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 35.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.017. State-Owned Land

Sec. 35.017.  STATE-OWNED LAND.  If state-owned land or a portion of state-owned land is located in a priority groundwater management area, the state agency that has management and control over that land under the constitution or by statute may elect by written agreement with the commission and the district to include the state-owned land in the district.  The agreement shall be entered into as provided by the Texas Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Chapter 741, Government Code, and may include provisions for the payment by the state agency of reasonable fees to the district.  If the state does not elect to enter into the agreement to include the state-owned land in the district, the state agency must establish a groundwater management plan that will conserve, protect, and prevent the waste of groundwater on that state-owned land.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.18, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 35.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.018. Reports

Sec. 35.018.  REPORTS.  (a)  No later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year, the commission in conjunction with the Texas Water Development Board shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a comprehensive report concerning activities during the preceding two years relating to the designation of priority groundwater management areas by the commission and the creation and operation of districts.(b)  The report must include:(1)  the names and locations of all priority groundwater management areas and districts created or attempted to be created on or after November 5, 1985, the effective date of Chapter 133 (H.B. No. 2), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985;(2)  the authority under which each priority groundwater management area and district was proposed for creation;(3)  a detailed analysis of each election held to confirm the creation of a district, including analysis of election results, possible reasons for the success or failure to confirm the creation of a district, and the possibility for future voter approval of districts in areas in which attempts to create districts failed;(4)  a detailed analysis of the activities of each district created, including those districts which are implementing management plans certified under Section 36.1072;(5)  a report on audits performed on districts under Section 36.302 and remedial actions taken under Section 36.303;(6)  recommendations for changes in this chapter and Chapter 36 that will facilitate the creation of priority groundwater management areas and the creation and operation of districts;(7)  a report on educational efforts in newly designated priority groundwater management areas;  and(8)  any other information and recommendations that the commission considers relevant.(c)  If the commission determines that a district created under Chapter 36 is not appropriate for, or capable of, the protection of the groundwater resources for a particular management area or priority groundwater management area, the commission may recommend in its report to the legislature the creation of a special district or amendment of an existing district.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.28, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Water Code § 35.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.019. Water Availability

Sec. 35.019.  WATER AVAILABILITY.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county in a priority groundwater management area may adopt water availability requirements in an area where platting is required if the court determines that the requirements are necessary to prevent current or projected water use in the county from exceeding the safe sustainable yield of the county's water supply.(b)  The commissioners court of a county in a priority groundwater management area may:(1)  require a person seeking approval of a plat required by Subchapter A, Chapter 232, Local Government Code, to show:(A)  compliance with the water availability requirements adopted by the court under this section;  and(B)  that an adequate supply of water of sufficient quantity and quality is available to supply the number of lots proposed for the platted area;(2)  adopt standards or formulas to determine whether an adequate water supply exists for the platted area;  and(3)  adopt procedures for submitting the information necessary to determine whether an adequate water supply exists for the platted area.(c)  The water availability requirements established by a commissioners court under this section may require that:(1)  a person seeking approval of a plat or attempting to sell a lot in a subdivision:(A)  notify a purchaser of a lot in the subdivision if an approved water supply for the subdivision does not exist;  or(B)  if the person attempts to build a water supply system to serve one or more lots within the subdivision:(i)  comply with federal, state, and local law;  and(ii)  establish an entity to construct and operate the system;  or(2)  a planned or operating water supply system serving one or more lots within a subdivision be built and operated in compliance with federal, state, and local laws and rules related to public drinking water.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Water Code § 35.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle E - Groundwater Management|Chapter 35 - Groundwater Studies|Section 35.020. Public Participation in Groundwater Management Process

Sec. 35.020.  PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PROCESS.  It is the policy of the state to encourage public participation in the groundwater management process in areas within a groundwater management area not represented by a groundwater conservation district.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 2.20, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Water Code § 37.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Water Code|Title 2 - Water Administration|Subtitle F - Occupational Licensing and Registration|Chapter 37 - Occupational Licensing and Registration|Section 37.001. Definitions

Sec. 37.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.(2)  "License" means an occupational license or class of license issued by the commission to an individual.(3)  "Registration" means an occupational registration issued by the commission to a person.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 880, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|