Texas Natural Resources Code - NAT RES § 134.144. Reclamation by Commission

(a) The commission is entitled to enter property adversely affected by past coal mining practices or other property necessary to have access to that property to do the things necessary or expedient to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent the adverse effects if the commission:

(b) The money expended for the work and the benefits accruing to the premises entered are chargeable against the land and mitigate or offset a claim for, or an action brought by an owner of an interest in the premises for, damages from the entry. This subsection does not create a new right of action or eliminate an existing immunity.