Tex. Water Code § 28A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 28A.051, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 28A.051. REGISTRATION.
Official statutory text
(a) The responsible party for an aggregate production operation shall register the operation with the commission not later than the 10th business day before the beginning date of extraction activities and shall renew the registration annually as extraction activities continue.
(b) After extraction activities at an aggregate production operation have ceased and the operator has notified the commission in writing that the operations have ceased, the requirements of this chapter are not applicable to the aggregate production operation.
(b) After extraction activities at an aggregate production operation have ceased and the operator has notified the commission in writing that the operations have ceased, the requirements of this chapter are not applicable to the aggregate production operation.
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