Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.131 · Subchapter D. LEASE OF LAND
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PLANS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For each lease issued under this subchapter for agricultural or grazing purposes, the commissioner may require the lessee to implement a soil and water conservation plan approved by the commissioner. The commissioner, in reviewing a plan, and the lessee, in implementing a plan, may be assisted by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
(b) The commissioner by rule shall adopt a procedure for reviewing and approving soil and water conservation plans required by Subsection (a) of this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 34, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 23, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 4595), Sec. 15.001, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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