Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.061

This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.061, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.

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§ 53.061. AUTHORITY TO LEASE CERTAIN MINERALS.

Official statutory text

(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.

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