Tex. Natural Resources Code § 123.003
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 123.003, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 123.003. RESPONSIBILITY IN TORT.
Official statutory text
Unless otherwise provided by a contract or other written agreement, a person who generates drill cuttings and transfers the drill cuttings in an arm's length transaction to an unaffiliated third-party permit holder under a contract that requires that the drill cuttings be used in connection with road building or another beneficial use or disposed of is not liable in tort for a consequence of the subsequent use or disposal of the drill cuttings by the permit holder or by another person if:
(1) the person who generates the drill cuttings has the legal and contractual right to transfer the drill cuttings to the permit holder;
(2) the method and location of the use or disposal are not prohibited by law, contract, or other written agreement; and
(3) the consequence was caused solely by the permit holder.
(1) the person who generates the drill cuttings has the legal and contractual right to transfer the drill cuttings to the permit holder;
(2) the method and location of the use or disposal are not prohibited by law, contract, or other written agreement; and
(3) the consequence was caused solely by the permit holder.
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