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Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 134.005 — EXEMPTIONS

NR § 134.005Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

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(a)This chapter does not apply to the extraction of coal:
(1)by a landowner for the landowner's own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by the landowner; or
(2)incidental to federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under commission rules.
(b)Subsection (a)(1) does not exempt the noncommercial production of coal by in situ distillation or retorting, leaching, or another chemical or physical process or preparation.
(c)This chapter does not apply to surface coal mining and reclamation operations in existence before August 3, 1977.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 25.01(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: Texas Natural Resources Code § 134.005 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.