Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 134.121 · Subchapter F. BONDS AND DEPOSITS
PERFORMANCE BOND REQUIREMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After a surface coal mining and reclamation permit application has been approved but before the permit is issued, the applicant shall file with the commission, on a form prescribed and furnished by the commission, a performance bond payable to this state and conditioned on the faithful performance of the requirements of this chapter and the permit.
(b) The bond shall cover the area of land in the permit area on which the applicant will begin and conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations during the initial term of the permit.
(c) The permit holder shall provide an additional bond or bonds to cover a succeeding increment of surface coal mining and reclamation operations conducted in the permit area at the time the increment begins.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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.134.htm
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