Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 71.009 · Subchapter A. LEASES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
ROYALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In each lease other than a lease for coal and lignite executed under this subchapter, the lessor shall retain at least a one-eighth royalty.
(b) In a lease for coal and lignite executed under this subchapter, the lessor shall retain at least a royalty based on one of the following or a combination of the following:
(1) a sum certain per ton;
(2) a percentage certain of the gross sale price F.O.B. at the mine site of the coal and lignite; or
(3) a sum certain for each acre-foot of coal and lignite mined and removed from the premises.
(c) Royalties under a coal and lignite lease may be paid as advanced mineral royalties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2505, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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.71.htm
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