Tex. Est. Code § 1160.058 · Subchapter B. MINERAL LEASES AFTER PUBLIC NOTICE
BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless the guardian of the estate is not required to give a general bond, a lease for which a cash consideration is required, although ordered, executed, and delivered, is not valid:
(1) unless the order authorizing the lease makes a finding with respect to the general bond; and
(2) if the general bond has been found insufficient, until:
(A) the bond has been increased or an additional bond given with the sureties required by law, as required by the order; and
(B) the increased or additional bond has been approved by the judge and filed with the clerk of the court in which the proceeding is pending.
(b) If two or more leases of different land are authorized by the same order, the general bond shall be increased or additional bonds given to cover all of the leases.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 823 (H.B. 2759), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1160.htm
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