If the ownership of the coal has been severed from the private surface estate by a conveyance that does not expressly grant the right to extract coal by surface mining methods, the surface-subsurface legal relationship shall be determined in accordance with state law.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 134.067
DETERMINATION OF OWNERSHIP
Known as the Texas Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act
The act spans §§ 134–134 (141 sections).
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.