Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.297 · Subchapter H. LEASE LIMITATIONS
COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES FROM USE OF SURFACE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Leases issued under Subchapter B of this chapter for unsold surveyed or unsurveyed school land, other than land included in islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the state in tidewater limits and other than that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of the state, must include a provision requiring the compensation for damages from the use of the surface in prospecting for, exploring, developing, or producing the leased minerals.
(b) The commissioner by rule shall set the procedure for receiving compensation for damages to the surface of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.
(c) Money collected for surface damages shall be deposited in a special fund account in the State Treasury to be used for conservation, reclamation, or construction of permanent improvements on land that belongs to the permanent school fund.
(d) The special fund account must be an interest-bearing account, and the interest received on the account shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund.
(e) Money collected under this section and designated for the construction of permanent improvements as provided by this section must be used not later than two years after the date on which the money is collected.
(f) Any money that remains in the special fund account for longer than two years shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund.
(g) The compensation for damages under this section is in addition to any bonus, rental, royalty, or other payment required by the lease.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.52.htm
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Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.297. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Natural Resources Code
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 11.079ACCESS TO LAND.Printed as Sections 51.401, 52.297, and 53.155
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.296TERM OF EASEMENTS.Printed as Section 52.297
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.302PROHIBITION AND PENALTY.Printed as Sections 52.297 and 53.155
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.3021REMOVAL OF FACILITY OR STRUCTURE BY COMMISSIONER.Printed as Sections 52.297 and 53.155
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.502SOURCE OF GRANT MONEY.Printed as Sections 52.297 and 53.155
- Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.324AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.Printed as Section 52.297
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