Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.085 · Subchapter C. DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERBEDS AND CHANNELS
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each lease and contract shall require the lessee or contracting party or his successors or assigns to use the highest degree of care and all proper safeguards to prevent pollution of streams.
(b) If the lessee or contracting party fails to meet the requirements in Subsection (a) of this section, the state is entitled to take charge of the property immediately and to cancel the lease.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.52.htm
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