Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.175 · Subchapter E. SALE AND LEASE OF VACANCIES
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall set the terms and conditions for each sale and lease of a vacancy.
(b) The board shall adopt rules governing the terms and conditions for the sale and lease of a vacancy. The rules shall be adopted and amended as necessary to be consistent with real property law of this state and other applicable law.
(c) The board may adopt rules governing mineral classification, royalty reservations, and awards of royalty reservations and preferential rights to an applicant or to a good-faith claimant in addition to the provisions prescribed by this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 25, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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