Tex. Water Code § 28.033
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 28.033, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 28.033. RECORD OF STRATA.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall require a person applying for a shaft permit to drill or have drilled a test hole on center or offset to the shaft and provide the following to the commission and the railroad commission in the application:
(1) a description of the lithology into or through the lower confining strata;
(2) results of rock testing;
(3) geophysical logs; and
(4) other information that may be required by the commission.
(b) The commission shall require a person receiving a shaft permit to keep and furnish to the commission and the railroad commission a complete and accurate record of the depth, thickness, and character of the different strata or rock units penetrated in constructing the shaft.
(1) a description of the lithology into or through the lower confining strata;
(2) results of rock testing;
(3) geophysical logs; and
(4) other information that may be required by the commission.
(b) The commission shall require a person receiving a shaft permit to keep and furnish to the commission and the railroad commission a complete and accurate record of the depth, thickness, and character of the different strata or rock units penetrated in constructing the shaft.
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