(a) The commission shall require a person applying for a shaft permit to drill or have drilled a test hole on center or offset to the shaft and provide the following to the commission and the railroad commission in the application:
(1) a description of the lithology into or through the lower confining strata;
(2) results of rock testing;
(3) geophysical logs; and
(4) other information that may be required by the commission.
(b) The commission shall require a person receiving a shaft permit to keep and furnish to the commission and the railroad commission a complete and accurate record of the depth, thickness, and character of the different strata or rock units penetrated in constructing the shaft.
Official text of the Texas Water Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.