Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:

(1) surface mining operations conducted on public land regulated by the General Land Office if the land is reclaimed in a manner consistent with this chapter; and

(2) land on which the overburden has been removed and minerals have been produced before June 21, 1975.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2610, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.131.htm
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