Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 32.151 · Subchapter E. CONDITIONS OF LEASES
TERM OF LEASE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each oil and gas lease shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and for as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.32.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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