Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 134.071 — TERM
NR § 134.071Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT · Art. D. SURFACE COAL MINING PERMITS
Statute text
View on source(a)A permit is issued for a term not to exceed five years.
(b)The commission may grant a permit for a specified longer term if:
(1)an applicant demonstrates that a specified longer term is reasonably needed to allow the applicant to obtain necessary financing for equipment or the opening of the operation; and
(2)the application for the specified longer term is complete.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.