Tex. Water Code § 29.044
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 29.044, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 29.044. DISPOSING OF OIL AND GAS WASTE.
Official statutory text
(a) No hauler may dispose of oil and gas waste on public roads or on the surface of public land or private property in this state in other than a railroad commission-approved disposal facility without written authority from the railroad commission.
(b) No hauler may dispose of oil and gas waste on property of another in other than a railroad commission-approved disposal facility without the written authority of the landowner.
(b) No hauler may dispose of oil and gas waste on property of another in other than a railroad commission-approved disposal facility without the written authority of the landowner.
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