Texas Statutes
§ 201.002 — DEFINITIONS.
Texas § 201.002
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Code NRNatural Resources Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 201.002 (2026).
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Sec. 201.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1)"Cave" means any naturally occurring subterranean cavity, and includes or is synonymous with cavern, pit, pothole, well, sinkhole, and grotto.
(2)"Gate" means any structure, lock, door, or device located to limit or prohibit access or entry to any cave.
(3)"Speleothem" means a natural mineral formation or deposit occurring in a cave, and includes or is synonymous with stalagmites, stalactites, helictites, anthodites, gypsum flowers, needles, angel's hair, soda straws, draperies, bacon, cave pearls, popcorn (coral), rimstone dams, columns, plettes, flowstone, or other similar crystalline mineral formations commonly composed of calcite, epsomite, gypsum, aragonite, celestite, and other similar minerals and formations.
(4)"Owner" means a pers
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2003, ch. 785, Sec. 5, eff. June 13, 1979.
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