Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.175
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.175, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 51.175. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD.
Official statutory text
(a) The board shall set the terms and conditions for each sale and lease of a vacancy.
(b) The board shall adopt rules governing the terms and conditions for the sale and lease of a vacancy. The rules shall be adopted and amended as necessary to be consistent with real property law of this state and other applicable law.
(c) The board may adopt rules governing mineral classification, royalty reservations, and awards of royalty reservations and preferential rights to an applicant or to a good-faith claimant in addition to the provisions prescribed by this subchapter.
(b) The board shall adopt rules governing the terms and conditions for the sale and lease of a vacancy. The rules shall be adopted and amended as necessary to be consistent with real property law of this state and other applicable law.
(c) The board may adopt rules governing mineral classification, royalty reservations, and awards of royalty reservations and preferential rights to an applicant or to a good-faith claimant in addition to the provisions prescribed by this subchapter.
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