Tex. Water Code § 27.157
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§ 27.157. OTHER LAWS NOT AFFECTED.
Official statutory text
(a) This subchapter does not affect the ability to regulate an aquifer storage and recovery project as authorized under:
(1) Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, for the Edwards Aquifer Authority;
(2) Chapter 8801, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
(3) Chapter 8834, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
(4) Chapter 8802, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; or
(5) Chapter 8811, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District.
(b) This subchapter does not affect the authority of the commission regarding:
(1) recharge projects in certain portions of the Edwards underground reservoir under Sections 11.023(c) and (d); or
(2) injection wells that transect or terminate in certain portions of the Edwards Aquifer under Section 27.0516.
(1) Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, for the Edwards Aquifer Authority;
(2) Chapter 8801, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District;
(3) Chapter 8834, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Fort Bend Subsidence District;
(4) Chapter 8802, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; or
(5) Chapter 8811, Special District Local Laws Code, for the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District.
(b) This subchapter does not affect the authority of the commission regarding:
(1) recharge projects in certain portions of the Edwards underground reservoir under Sections 11.023(c) and (d); or
(2) injection wells that transect or terminate in certain portions of the Edwards Aquifer under Section 27.0516.
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