# Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.005: EXEMPTIONS

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.005

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.005
- **Heading:** EXEMPTIONS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code nr / Chapter 134 / Section 134.005

## Text

(a) This chapter does not apply to the extraction of coal:

(1) by a landowner for the landowner's own noncommercial use from land owned or leased by the landowner; or

(2) incidental to federal, state, or local government-financed highway or other construction under commission rules.

(b) Subsection (a)(1) does not exempt the noncommercial production of coal by in situ distillation or retorting, leaching, or another chemical or physical process or preparation.

(c) This chapter does not apply to surface coal mining and reclamation operations in existence before August 3, 1977.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.001 § 134.001. SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.001.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.002 § 134.002. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.002.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.003 § 134.003. PURPOSES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.003.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.004 § 134.004. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.004.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.005 § 134.005. EXEMPTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.005.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.006 § 134.006. WATER RIGHTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.006.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.007 § 134.007. CONFLICT OF INTEREST; OFFENSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.007.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.008 § 134.008. APPLICABILITY TO GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.008.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.011 § 134.011. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.011.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.012 § 134.012. JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION OVER SURFACE COAL, IRON ORE, AND IRON ORE GRAVEL MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.012.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.013 § 134.013. RULEMAKING AND PERMITTING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.013.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.014 § 134.014. COAL EXPLORATION OPERATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.014.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.015 § 134.015. SURFACE EFFECTS OF UNDERGROUND MINING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.015.md)
- [Tex. Natural Resources Code § 134.016 § 134.016. DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS FOR DESIGNATING AREAS UNSUITABLE FOR SURFACE COAL MINING.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cnr_C134_S134.016.md)

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