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Health and Safety Code §311.005

In force on Sep 01, 2023 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2023 · same as today's text

WATER WELLS FOR USE BY HOSPITALS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY OR NATURAL DISASTER

(a) This section applies only to a hospital located in a county that: (1) has a population of more than 250,000; and (2) borders the Neches River. (b) A hospital to which this section applies may drill a water well on property owned by the hospital for the purpose of producing water to supplement the hospital's water supply in the event that an emergency or natural disaster prevents the hospital from receiving water from the hospital's usual source. (c) This section does not affect the authority of a groundwater conservation district to regulate groundwater production under Chapter 36 , Water Code, or other law governing a groundwater conservation district.

History: Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (S.B. 2406 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Dec 04, 2023 to Nov 08, 2026.

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