The operator of a surface coal mining operation shall replace the water supply of an owner of an interest in real property who obtains all or part of the owner's supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source if the supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from the surface coal mining operation.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 134.110
WATER SUPPLY REPLACEMENT
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.