Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.042
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.042, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 85.042. RULES AND ORDERS.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission may promulgate and enforce rules and orders necessary to carry into effect the provisions of Section 85.041 of this code and to prevent that section's violation.
(b) When necessary, the commission shall make and enforce rules either general in their nature or applicable to particular fields for the prevention of actual waste of oil or operations in the field dangerous to life or property.
(b) When necessary, the commission shall make and enforce rules either general in their nature or applicable to particular fields for the prevention of actual waste of oil or operations in the field dangerous to life or property.
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