Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 1902.001. Definitions

(1) “Commission” means the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.

(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, § 20.008(1);  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 14A.421.

(3) "Board""Council" means the Texas Water Well Drillers Advisory Board.

(4) “Department” means the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

(4-a) “Executive director” means the executive director of the department.

(5) “Installer” means a person who installs or repairs well pumps and equipment.  The term does not include a person who:

(6) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or other private legal entity.

(7) “Pollution” means a change to the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of water in a way that:

(8) “Pump installation” means the procedures employed in the placement and preparation for operation of equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including:

(9) “Well” means a water well, injection well, dewatering well, or monitoring well, as those terms are defined by Section 1901.001.  The term does not include an injection water source well regulated under Section 91.101, Natural Resources Code.

(10) “Well pumps and equipment” means equipment and materials used to obtain water from a well, including the seals and safeguards necessary to protect the water from contamination.