Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 86.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DECLARATION OF POLICY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In recognition of past, present, and imminent evils occurring in the production and use of gas as a result of waste in this production and use of gas in the absence of correlative opportunities of owners of gas in a common reservoir to produce and use the gas, the provisions of this chapter are enacted for the protection of public and private interests against these evils by prohibiting waste and compelling ratable production.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2531, 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
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.86.htm
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