Texas Statutes
§ 7.158 — VIOLATION RELATING TO PLUGGING WELLS.
Texas § 7.158
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Bluebook
Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 7.158 (2026).
Text
Sec. 7.158. VIOLATION RELATING TO PLUGGING WELLS.
(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:
(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
(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.
(b)An offense under this section is a misdemeanor and is punishable under Section 7.187 (1)(A).
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.§ 7.005
EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.§ 7.006
ENFORCEMENT POLICIES.§ 7.032
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.§ 7.051
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 7.158, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/WA/7.158.