{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.104","heading":"RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVEGETATION: AREA OF LOW PRECIPITATION.","body":"Notwithstanding Section 134.092(a)(20), in areas or regions of the state where the annual average precipitation is 26 inches or less, an operator's assumption of responsibility and liability extends for:\n(1) 10 years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work, if the land is not previously mined land; or\n(2) five years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work, if the land is previously mined land.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1295), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 4. MINES AND MINING","CHAPTER 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT","SUBCHAPTER E. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.134.htm#134.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"d55cb62d6c9a8fff63ab4208704cc511e9aaa8f1c384d3d97c3e394dbda6fe46","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-134.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}