Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.1631 · Subchapter F. GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION PERMIT
GROUNDWATER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless otherwise expressly provided by statute, deed, patent, or other grant from the State of Texas, groundwater shall not be considered a mineral in any past or future reservation of title or rights to minerals by the State of Texas.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the State of Texas shall retain any and all rights to reasonable use of the surface and groundwater for mineral development and production purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 32, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.53.htm
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- sha256 f8f1653c59612b209c62de36894037dbdf3b3a7cfdb1e4d66c0278a6ff78e04e
- 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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