Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.202
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 91.202, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 91.202. POLICY.
Official statutory text
It is the policy of this state and the purpose of this subchapter to prevent the waste of oil, gas, and products of oil or gas, to protect the ground and surface water of the state from unreasonable degradation, and to protect the public health, welfare, and physical property in the creation, operation, maintenance, and abandonment of underground hydrocarbon storage facilities.
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