Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.017
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 23.017, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 23.017. ABOLITION OF OFFICE IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Official statutory text
In a county in which the office of county surveyor was abolished by Chapter 315, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 5298a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), the commissioners court may, when the court considers it necessary, employ a qualified person to perform a function formerly performed by the county surveyor.
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