Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.094 · Subchapter C. DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERBEDS AND CHANNELS
DRILLING OFFSET WELL ON CONDEMNED LAND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the landowner or other interested party and the board or the lessee of the riverbed or channel cannot agree on the amount of damages, if any, and it is necessary to commence condemnation proceedings and if it is necessary for the landowner or other interested party to drill an offset well within the area to be condemned, the mineral rights of the condemned party are superior to the surface rights of the condemning party.
(b) If there is any conflict surrounding the drilling of an offset well under a permit from the Railroad Commission of Texas, the condemning party is required to move any interference or hindrance or to go around any offset well, and if he fails or refuses to immediately move the interference or hindrance on demand, the owner of the mineral rights is entitled to do so immediately without liability.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2453, 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.52.htm
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