{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.057","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.057","heading":"RESTRICTION ON UNEXPLORED TERRITORY.","body":"The provisions of this chapter that were formerly a part of Chapter 2, Acts of the 42nd Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1932, as amended, shall not be construed to grant the commission any authority to restrict or in any manner limit the drilling of wells to explore for oil or gas or both in territory that is not known to produce either oil or gas.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2519, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS","SUBCHAPTER C. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.85.htm#85.057","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"14c8a20d3ca2c88339244f20dd8bba8a60d640e0c9ea263c3d620ef9f16c1d2c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.056","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.058"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}