(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any well or cistern, as much as ten feet deep, and not less than ten inches nor more than six feet in diameter to fail to keep it entirely covered at all times with a covering capable of sustaining weight of not less than 200 pounds, except when said well or cistern is in actual use by the owner or operator thereof.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person who shall drill, dig or otherwise create, or cause to be drilled, dug or otherwise created, any well or hole of as much as ten feet in depth and less than ten inches in diameter to abandon such well or hole without first completely filling such well or hole from its total depth to the surface or plugging the same with a permanent type plug at a depth of not less than ten feet from the surface and completely filling the same from such plug to the surface.
(1964 Code, § 27-5)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see V.A.C.S. Art. 9202, §§ 1, 1a