Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 131.006 - Exclusions and Exemptions The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the following:
(1) surface mining operations conducted on public land regulated by the General Land Office if the land is reclaimed in a manner consistent with this chapter; and(2) land on which the overburden has been removed and minerals have been produced before June 21, 1975.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 131.006
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2610, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.