Sec. 51.192.  STANDING TO APPEAL.  A person may appeal the commissioner's final order determining that a vacancy exists if the person:
(1)  is a necessary party;
(2)  has a present legal interest in the surface or mineral estate at the time a vacancy application is filed; or
(3)  acquires a legal interest before the date of the commissioner's final order.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.