- (a) The department shall ensure that examinations are designed to disqualify a person who lacks the necessary knowledge of drilling, of completion and plugging methods and techniques, and of groundwater formations to the extent that drilling by the person would create a serious risk of polluting fresh water.
(b) The department may prescribe additional requirements:
- (1) for the examination of monitoring well drillers; and
- (2) that relate to water conservation for the examination of dewatering well drillers.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 745 (H.B. 3744), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.