{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.051","heading":"PERMIT REQUIRED FOR OPERATION.","body":"A person may not conduct a surface coal mining operation in this state without first obtaining a permit for that operation from the commission under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 4. MINES AND MINING","CHAPTER 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER D. SURFACE COAL MINING PERMITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.134.htm#134.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"d1b03e79d2bb599cf18aadf4c58b0e3b0dbf3c08b9781d66f28c49adce338d63","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.042","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}