Tex. Est. Code § 1160.060 · Subchapter B. MINERAL LEASES AFTER PUBLIC NOTICE
AMENDMENT OF LEASE REGARDING EFFECT OF SHUT-IN GAS WELL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An oil, gas, and mineral lease executed by a guardian of an estate may be amended by an instrument that provides that a shut-in gas well on the land covered by the lease or on land pooled with all or part of the land covered by the lease continues the lease in effect after the lease's five-year primary term.
(b) The guardian of the estate, with court approval, shall execute the instrument according to the terms and conditions prescribed in the instrument.
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.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 846 (H.B. 2780), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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