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2025 Texas Statutes
Natural Resources Code
Title 4 - Mines and Mining
Chapter 134 - Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act
Subchapter E. Performance Standards
Section 134.104. Responsibility for Revegetation: Area of Low Precipitation
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TX Nat Res Code § 134.104 (2025)
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Sec. 134.104. RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVEGETATION: AREA OF LOW PRECIPITATION. 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:
(1) 10 years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work, if the land is not previously mined land; or
(2) five years after the last year of augmented seeding, fertilizing, irrigation, or other work, if the land is previously mined land.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1295), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.
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