(a) The board may:(1) require a permit for drilling, equipping, or completing a well in the groundwater reservoir; and(2) issue a permit subject to terms and provisions relating to drilling, equipping, or completing a well that are necessary to prevent waste or conserve, preserve, and protect groundwater.(b) The board may not deny an owner of land, or the owner's heirs, assigns, and lessees, a permit to drill a well on that land or the right to produce groundwater from that well subject to rules adopted under this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.11, eff. April 1, 2009.
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