Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.001
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.001, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 53.001. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
(2) "Land office" means the General Land Office.
(3) "Board" means the School Land Board.
(4) "Surface mining" means the mining of minerals by removing the overburden lying above the natural deposit of minerals and mining directly from the natural deposits that are exposed. The term does not include in situ mining activities.
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
(2) "Land office" means the General Land Office.
(3) "Board" means the School Land Board.
(4) "Surface mining" means the mining of minerals by removing the overburden lying above the natural deposit of minerals and mining directly from the natural deposits that are exposed. The term does not include in situ mining activities.
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