Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 71.010 · Subchapter A. LEASES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
LEASE TERM.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No primary term of a lease other than a lease for coal and lignite made under this subchapter may be for a period of more than 10 years from the date of the execution and approval of the lease.
(b) No primary term for a coal and lignite lease made under this subchapter may be for a period of more than 35 years from the date of execution.
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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- 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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