Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.159 · Subchapter D. SURFACE MINING PERMITS
NOTICE BY APPLICANT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At the time an application for a surface mining permit or an application for revision, renewal, or transfer of an existing surface mining permit is submitted under this chapter, the applicant shall publish notice of the ownership, location, and boundaries of the permit area sufficiently detailed for local residents to locate readily the proposed operation and the location at which the application is available for public inspection.
(b) The notice shall be published in the local newspaper of greatest general circulation in the locality in which the proposed surface mine is to be located.
(c) The notice shall be published at least once a week for four consecutive weeks.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2625, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.131.htm
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Cited by 9 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.159. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.049TEMPORARY ORDERS PRIOR TO NOTICE AND HEARING.Printed as Sections 131.159 and 131.160
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.134DOCUMENTS TO BE INCLUDED WITH APPLICATION.Printed as Section 131.159
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.146APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF RENEWAL.Printed as Section 131.159
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.153GUIDELINES FOR REVISION.Printed as Sections 131.159 and 131.163
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.157APPROVAL OF TRANSFER.Printed as Sections 131.159 and 131.163
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.161COMMENTS.Printed as Section 131.159
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.162WRITTEN OBJECTIONS.Printed as Section 131.159
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.261CONDITIONS, PRACTICES, AND VIOLATIONS CREATING IMMINENT DANGER OR CAUSING IMMINENT HARM.Printed as Section 131.159
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.263CONTINUOUS VIOLATIONS.Printed as Sections 131.159 through 131.164
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