Texas Occupations Code Title 12, Chapter 1902 - Water Well Pump Installers

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1902.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. (2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 20.008(1); Acts...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATION AND LICENSING PROGRAMS

• Texas Section 1902.002 - Liability Under Law
  A person is not relieved from liability under law by obtaining a license under this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec....
• Texas Section 1902.051 - Licensing
  (a) The department, with the advice of the council, shall prepare licensing examinations. (b) The department shall evaluate the qualifications of license applicants. (c) The...
• Texas Section 1902.052 - Rules
  (a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to enforce this chapter. (b) The commission may not adopt a rule under this chapter that: (1)...
• Texas Section 1902.053 - Water Well Drillers Account
  (a) The department shall deposit money collected under this chapter to the credit of the water well drillers account in the general revenue fund. Money...
• Texas Section 1902.054 - Register Of License Holders
  The department shall maintain a current register of license holders. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.

SUBCHAPTER D LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 1902.055 - Transfer Of Functions
  If the functions necessary to the proper implementation of duties under this chapter are transferred to another entity, the powers and duties under this chapter...
• Texas Section 1902.151 - License Required
  A person may not act or offer to act as an installer unless the person holds a license issued by the executive director under rules...
• Texas Section 1902.152 - License Application; Examination Fee
  (a) An application for a license must contain: (1) the applicant's name; (2) the applicant's business address; (3) the applicant's permanent mailing address; and (4)...
• Texas Section 1902.153 - Apprentice Pump Installer Program
  The commission by rule shall establish an apprentice pump installer program. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1013 (H.B. 930), Sec. 5, eff....
• Texas Section 1902.154 - License Fee
  A person who qualifies for a license must pay to the department the license fee set by the commission. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 1902.155 - License Expiration; Renewal
  (a) A license issued under this chapter expires annually. On or before the license expiration date, a license holder must pay an annual renewal fee...
• Texas Section 1902.158 - License Not Transferable
  A license is not transferable or assignable. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
• Texas Section 1902.159 - Replacement Of Lost Or Destroyed License
  On application and payment of a fee, the department shall issue a duplicate license to replace a lost or destroyed license. Added by Acts 2001,...
• Texas Section 1902.161 - Exemption: Dewatering Well Pumps And Equipment
  The licensing requirements of this subchapter do not apply to a person who installs or repairs well pumps and equipment to remove water for the...

SUBCHAPTER E EXAMINATION

• Texas Section 1902.162 - Waiver For Applicant Licensed In Another State
  The commission may adopt rules allowing waiver of a license requirement for an applicant who is licensed in another state that has license requirements substantially...
• Texas Section 1902.201 - Examination
  The department shall offer examinations for a license under this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003....
• Texas Section 1902.202 - Contents Of Examination
  The department shall design written examinations to disqualify a person who lacks the knowledge of pump installation to the extent that pump installation by the...

SUBCHAPTER F PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER

• Texas Section 1902.203 - Grading Of Examination
  The department shall administer examinations so that a person grading an examination does not know the identity of the person taking the examination. Added by...
• Texas Section 1902.251 - Installing And Repairing Pumps
  An installer shall install or repair pumps under standards and procedures adopted by the commission with the advice of the council. Added by Acts 2001,...
• Texas Section 1902.252 - Notice Regarding Injurious Water; Repair Or Completion Of Well
  (a) An installer shall notify the department and the landowner or person having a pump installed or repaired on encountering water injurious to vegetation, land,...

SUBCHAPTER I OTHER PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1902.253 - Notice Regarding Abandoned Or Deteriorated Well
  An installer who knows of an abandoned or deteriorated well as defined by Section 1901.255 shall notify the landowner or person who possesses the well...
• Texas Section 1902.401 - Civil Penalty
  A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $200 or...
• Texas Section 1902.402 - Injunction And Other Enforcement Provisions
  (a) The executive director may bring an action to enjoin a person from violating this chapter. (b) The executive director may enforce by injunction or...
• Texas Section 1902.403 - Venue
  The executive director may bring an action in: (1) Travis County; or (2) the county in which: (A) the offending activity occurred; or (B) the...
• Texas Section 1902.404 - Action By Attorney General
  (a) On request, the attorney general shall represent the department in an action under Section 1902.402. (b) At the request of the executive director, the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016