84R10142 JAM-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 2003
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of the law governing the mineral use
of subdivided land.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 92.002(3), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(3) "Qualified subdivision" means a tract of land of
not more than 640 acres:
(A) that is located:
(i) in a county with [having] a population
of more than 100,000; or
(ii) [in excess of 400,000, or in a county
having a population in excess of 140,000 that borders a county
having a population in excess of 400,000 or located] on a barrier
island;
(B) that has been subdivided in a manner
authorized by law by the surface owners for residential,
commercial, or industrial use; and
(C) that contains an operations site for each
separate 80 acres within the 640-acre tract and provisions for road
and pipeline easements to allow use of the operations site.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.