Tex. Water Code § 60.037 · Subchapter C. ADDITIONAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN DISTRICTS
AWARD AND EXECUTION OF OIL, GAS, AND MINERAL LEASES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may lease all or any part of land advertised for lease under Section 60.035 of this code.
(b) The lease shall be awarded to the highest and best bidder and shall reserve at least one-eighth royalty of all gas, oil, or minerals in or produced on the land. The lease shall contain other provisions reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the district and may not be less favorable to the district than customary commercial leases in the locality.
(c) The chairman and secretary of the commission shall execute the lease under an order, entered in the minutes of the commission, which shall include the consideration for the lease.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 110, ch. 58, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1971.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.60.htm
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