Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 141.073 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSIONER AND BOARD
LEASE OF PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND LAND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On direction of the commissioner, the board may lease land that belongs to the permanent school fund, excluding wildlife refuges and recreational areas, for the production of geothermal energy and associated resources.
(b) The board has full authority to set the terms and conditions of leases and may adopt rules relating to exploration, development, and production of geothermal energy and associated resources as the board determines to be in the best interest of the state.
(c) The board may require the taking in kind of the state's interest in the geothermal energy and associated resources or its by-products provided from this land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2642, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.141.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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