The board or any person including a leaseholder or assignee, who has a contract with the board for the development of oil and gas resources in riverbeds and channels may exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn land as provided in the general laws of this state for the purposes stated in Section 52.093 of this code.
Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.092
POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2453, ch. 871, art
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