Sec. 52.085. PREVENTION OF POLLUTION. (a) Each lease and contract shall require the lessee or contracting party or his successors or assigns to use the highest degree of care and all proper safeguards to prevent pollution of streams.
(b) If the lessee or contracting party fails to meet the requirements in Subsection (a) of this section, the state is entitled to take charge of the property immediately and to cancel the lease.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Subchapter C. Development of Riverbeds and Channels
Section 52.071. Authority Over Riverbeds and Channels
Section 52.073. Area Subject to Lease
Section 52.076. Duty to Advertise
Section 52.080. Forms for Lease and Contract
Section 52.083. Conditions of Lease
Section 52.084. Special Lease Provisions
Section 52.085. Prevention of Pollution
Section 52.087. Determination of Lease Price and Delay Rentals
Section 52.090. Extension of Lease
Section 52.091. Refund of Lease Money in Certain Situations
Section 52.092. Power of Eminent Domain
Section 52.093. Eminent Domain Purposes
Section 52.094. Drilling Offset Well on Condemned Land
Section 52.095. Rights of Parties to Condemnation