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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 293WATER DISTRICTS
SUBCHAPTER CSPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
RULE §293.17Purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to provide the processes and requirements related to Texas Water Code (TWC), Chapter 36, Groundwater Conservation Districts. The use of the term "district" in this subchapter means groundwater conservation district (GCD) unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. This subchapter provides:

  (1) procedures for commission certification of landowner petitions for the creation of GCDs filed under TWC, §36.013;

  (2) procedures for the commission, on its own motion, to create GCDs under TWC, §36.0151, in priority groundwater management areas (PGMAs) designated after September 1, 2001;

  (3) procedures for the commission, on its own motion, to create GCDs in PGMAs designated before September 1, 2001; and

  (4) procedures for commission review of GCD management plan noncompliance and petitions for inquiry under TWC, Chapter 36, Subchapter I.


Source Note: The provisions of this §293.17 adopted to be effective August 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 7942; amended to be effective May 19, 2016, 41 TexReg 3506

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