Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 92.005. Use Of Operations Site
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§ 92.005. USE OF OPERATIONS SITE. (a) An owner of a
possessory mineral interest within a qualified subdivision may use
only the surface contained in designated operations sites for
exploration, development, and production of minerals and the
designated easements only as necessary to adequately use the
operations sites.
(b) The owner of the possessory mineral interest may drill
wells or extend well bores from an operations site or from a site
outside of the qualified subdivision under the surface of other
parts of the qualified subdivision if the operations do not
unreasonably interfere with the use of the surface of the qualified
subdivision outside the operations site.
(c) This section ceases to apply to a subdivision if, by the
third anniversary of the date on which the order of the commission
becomes final:
(1) the surface owner has not commenced actual
construction of roads or utilities within the qualified
subdivision; and
(2) a lot within the qualified subdivision has not
been sold to a third party.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4009, ch. 624, § 1, eff. Aug.
29, 1983. Amended by Acts, 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 274, § 3, eff.
June 11, 1987.
Section: 91.659 91.660 91.661 92.001 92.002 92.003 92.004 92.005 92.006 92.007 101.001 101.002 101.003 101.004 101.011
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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