SUBCHAPTER G. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES

Sec. 1901.301. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. The commission may discipline a person under Section 51.353 for a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, including:

(1) an intentional misstatement or misrepresentation of a fact on an application or well log or to a person for whom a well is being drilled, deepened, or otherwise altered;

(2) the failure to keep, deliver, or send a well log as required by Section 1901.251;

(3) the failure to advise a person for whom a well is being drilled that:

(A) injurious water has been encountered;

(B) the water is a pollution hazard; and

(C) the well must be immediately plugged in an acceptable manner; or

(4) the failure to complete a well in accordance with standards and procedures adopted by the commission.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 19.016, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.