Tex. Water Code § 60.037
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 60.037, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 60.037. AWARD AND EXECUTION OF OIL, GAS, AND MINERAL LEASES.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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