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Tex. Water Code § 26.501 (2026)

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Sec. 26.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Concentrated animal feeding operation" has the meaning assigned by 30 T.A.C. Section 321.32 on the effective date of this subchapter.

(2) "New concentrated animal feeding operation" means a proposed concentrated animal feeding operation, any part of which is located on property not previously authorized by the state to be operated as a concentrated animal feeding operation.

(3) "Historical waste application field" means an area of land that at any time since January 1, 1995, has been owned or controlled by an operator of a concentrated animal feeding operation on which agricultural waste from a concentrated animal feeding operation has been applied.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 12.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2010–2015 · leading case: City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 346 S.W.3d 781 (Tex. App. 2011).
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City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality, 346 S.W.3d 781 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “7 See generally Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 26.501 -.504. The restrictions and requirements of this MSSIZ legislation included mandating that new or expanded CAFOs located within a MSSIZ obtain an individual water-quality permit — i.”
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “(7) See generally Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 26.501 -.504. The restrictions and requirements of this MSSIZ legislation included mandating that new or expanded CAFOs located within a MSSIZ obtain an individual water-quality permit--i.”
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 3× “7 See generally Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 26.501 -.504. The restrictions and 7 “Major sole source impairment zone” was defined as: a watershed that contains a reservoir: (1) that is used by a municipality as a sole source of drinking water supply for a population, inside and…”
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010). “See generally Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 26.501 -.504 (West 2008) ("subchapter L").”
City of Waco v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality (Tex. App. 2010). “See generally Tex. Water Code Ann. §§ 26.501 -.504 (West 2008) (“subchapter L”).”
Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality v. Exxon Mobil Corp. ExxonMobil Oil Corp. Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. & Shell Oil Co. (Tex. App. 2015). “See gen- erally TEX. WATER CODE §§ 26.501–.504. At the time of enactment, the North Bosque wa- tershed was the only area to which the MSSIZ legislation applied.”
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