Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 53.061 · Subchapter C. LEASE OF MINERALS BY SURFACE OWNER
AUTHORITY TO LEASE CERTAIN MINERALS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The state constitutes the owner of the surface its agent to lease to any person any mineral, except oil and gas, which may be within all or part of a survey previously sold with all minerals reserved to the state.
(b) The lease shall be made on terms and conditions that may be prescribed by the school land board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2471, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.
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.53.htm
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