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2025 Texas Statutes
Water Code
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subtitle D - Water Quality Control
Chapter 29 - Oil and Gas Waste Haulers
Subchapter D. Offenses; Penalties
Section 29.044. Disposing of Oil and Gas Waste
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TX Water Code § 29.044 (2025)
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Sec. 29.044. DISPOSING OF OIL AND GAS WASTE. (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.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 30, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
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