85R3017 JAM-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 682
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
[in excess] of more than 400,000;
(ii) [, or] in a county with [having] a
population [in excess] of more than 140,000 that borders a county
with [having] a population [in excess] of more than 400,000;
(iii) in a county with a population of less
than 300,000 that is located on the Texas-Mexico border and
contains one or more municipalities with a population of 200,000 or
more; or
(iv) [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, 2017.