Bill Text: TX SB1079 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of water well drillers and water well pump installers; affecting fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1079-Introduced.html
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By: Eltife | S.B. No. 1079 |
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relating to the regulation of water well drillers and water well | ||
pump installers; affecting fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1901.152, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1901.152. LICENSE APPLICATION[ |
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(1) the applicant's name; | ||
(2) the applicant's business address; | ||
(3) the applicant's permanent mailing address; and | ||
(4) any other relevant information required by the | ||
department. | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 1901.155, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1901.155. LICENSE EXPIRATION; RENEWAL. (a) A license | ||
issued under this chapter expires on the first anniversary of the | ||
date of issuance [ |
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(b) The commission shall by rule establish requirements for | ||
renewing a license issued under this chapter, including the payment | ||
of applicable fees [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 1901.251, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1901.251. WELL REPORT [ |
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drills, deepens, or otherwise alters a water well in this state | ||
shall make and keep a legible and accurate well report [ |
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accordance with rules adopted by the commission and on forms | ||
prescribed by the executive director. The well report [ |
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be recorded at the time of drilling, deepening, or otherwise | ||
altering the well and must contain: | ||
(1) the depth, thickness, and character of the strata | ||
penetrated; | ||
(2) the location of water-bearing strata; | ||
(3) the depth, size, and character of casing | ||
installed; and | ||
(4) any other information required by rules adopted by | ||
the commission. | ||
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date of the | ||
completion or cessation of drilling, deepening, or otherwise | ||
altering the well, the driller shall deliver or send by certified | ||
mail a copy of the well report [ |
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(1) the department; | ||
(2) the Texas [ |
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Commission on Environmental Quality; and | ||
(3) the owner of the well or the person for whom the | ||
well was drilled. | ||
(c) If the department receives, by certified mail, a written | ||
request from the owner of the well or from the person for whom the | ||
well was drilled that the well report [ |
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the department shall protect the contents of the well report [ |
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as confidential and not a matter of public record. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1901.301, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1901.301. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. The | ||
commission may discipline a person under Section 51.353 for a | ||
violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, | ||
including: | ||
(1) an intentional misstatement or misrepresentation | ||
of a fact on an application or well report [ |
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whom a well is being drilled, deepened, or otherwise altered; | ||
(2) the failure to keep, deliver, or send a well report | ||
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(3) the failure to advise a person for whom a well is | ||
being drilled that: | ||
(A) injurious water has been encountered; | ||
(B) the water is a pollution hazard; and | ||
(C) the well must be immediately plugged in an | ||
acceptable manner; or | ||
(4) the failure to complete a well in accordance with | ||
standards and procedures adopted by the commission. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1902.152, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1902.152. LICENSE APPLICATION[ |
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(1) the applicant's name; | ||
(2) the applicant's business address; | ||
(3) the applicant's permanent mailing address; and | ||
(4) any other information required by the department. | ||
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SECTION 6. Section 1902.155, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1902.155. LICENSE EXPIRATION; RENEWAL. (a) A license | ||
issued under this chapter expires on the first anniversary of the | ||
date of issuance [ |
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(b) The commission shall by rule establish requirements for | ||
renewing a license issued under this chapter, including the payment | ||
of applicable fees [ |
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SECTION 7. The following provisions of the Occupations Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 1901.154; | ||
(2) Section 1901.201; | ||
(3) Section 1901.203; | ||
(4) Section 1901.204; | ||
(5) Section 1901.206; | ||
(6) Section 1902.154; | ||
(7) Section 1902.201; and | ||
(8) Section 1902.203. | ||
SECTION 8. Sections 1901.152 and 1902.152, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for a | ||
license under Chapter 1901 or 1902, Occupations Code, as | ||
applicable, that is submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing | ||
and Regulation on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
application for a license submitted before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |