Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2025
Revenue Object 3366 – Business Fees – Natural Resources – Water Well / Injection Well Driller

Fees charged for water well or injection well driller and apprentice registration. Set by the department for administration of the program. Fees to renew expired licenses are between 1-1/2 to 2 times the normally required renewal fee.

Civil penalty for violation of act provisions between $200 and $1,000 for each day and each act of non-compliance (collected under revenue object 3717). Administrative penalty up to $5,000 per violation (collected under revenue object 3770).

One or two years as determined by commission rule.

Amended by S.B. 915, 67th Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 1185, 69th Leg., R.S.

Civil penalty amended by S.B. 249, 69th, Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 1347, 70th Leg., R.S.

Previously administered by the Water Well Drillers Board (581), abolished September 1, 1992 by S.B. 2, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S. Program transferred to the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (582).

Previously deposited to GR Account -- Water Well Drillers (0079). The account was abolished by H.B. 3231, 75th Leg., R.S., effective September 1,1997.

Program transferred from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (582) to the Department of Licensing and Regulation by S.B. 1955, 75th Leg., R.S.

Legal cite changed as added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, § 4, which repealed ch. 32, Water Code and added ch. 1901, Occupations Code, effective June 1, 2003.

S.B. 279, 78th Leg., R.S. increased administrative penalty to $5,000.

Amended by H.B. 3287, 82nd Leg., R.S.

H.B. 930, 84th Leg., R.S. added apprentice program.

Due date amended by H.B. 3744, 88th Leg., R.S.