Tex. Civ. Practice & Remedies Code Section 127.007
Owner of Surface Estate

This chapter does not deprive an owner of the surface estate of the right to secure indemnity from a lessee, an operator, a contractor, or other person conducting operations for the exploration or production of minerals of the owner’s land.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.