NATURAL RESOURCES CODE CHAPTER 134. TEXAS SURFACE COAL ...
(2) on which surface coal mining operations were being conducted on August 3, 1977; or (3) on which surface coal mining operations are being conducted under a permit issued under this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. (a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Sec. INTEGRATION WITH LAND USE PLANNING AND REGULATION PROCESSES.