Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Natural Resources Code § 52.085: PREVENTION OF POLLUTION.

Where this section sits in the code

NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN
SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
CHAPTER 52. OIL AND GAS
SUBCHAPTER C. DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERBEDS AND CHANNELS

(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.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

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