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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.070: REINSTATEMENT OF LEASE.
Where this section sits in the code
- NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN
- SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
- CHAPTER 53. MINERALS
- SUBCHAPTER C. LEASE OF MINERALS BY SURFACE OWNER
(a) If the owner of the forfeited lease complies with the provisions of this subchapter within 30 days after the declaration of forfeiture, the commissioner may reinstate the lease under the terms of this subchapter and other terms that he may prescribe.
(b) If the lease is not reinstated within the 30-day period, the owner of the surface, as agent of the state, is entitled to lease the minerals.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2473, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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