Texas Natural Resources Code
§ 52.085 — PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
NR § 52.085Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN · Ch. 52. OIL AND GAS · Art. C. DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERBEDS AND CHANNELS
Statute text
View on source(a)Each lease and contract shall require the lessee or contracting party or his successors or assigns to use the highest degree of care and all proper safeguards to prevent pollution of streams.
(b)If the lessee or contracting party fails to meet the requirements in Subsection (a) of this section, the state is entitled to take charge of the property immediately and to cancel the lease.
Legislative history
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.