Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.048
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.048, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 85.048. AUTHORITY TO LIMIT PRODUCTION.
Official statutory text
(a) Under the provisions of Subsection (10), Section 85.046 of this code, the commission shall not restrict the production of oil from any new field brought into production by exploration until the total production from that field is 10,000 barrels of oil a day in the aggregate.
(b) The commission's authority to restrict production from a new field under other provisions of Section 85.046 of this code is not limited by this section.
(b) The commission's authority to restrict production from a new field under other provisions of Section 85.046 of this code is not limited by this section.
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