This chapter does not deprive an owner of the surface estate of the right to secure indemnity from a lessee, an operator, a contractor, or other person conducting operations for the exploration or production of minerals of the owner's land.
Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 127.007
OWNER OF SURFACE ESTATE
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff
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