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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 71.010: LEASE TERM.
Where this section sits in the code
- NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN
- SUBTITLE F. LAND OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
- CHAPTER 71. LEASE FOR MINERAL DEVELOPMENT
- SUBCHAPTER A. LEASES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
(a) No primary term of a lease other than a lease for coal and lignite made under this subchapter may be for a period of more than 10 years from the date of the execution and approval of the lease.
(b) No primary term for a coal and lignite lease made under this subchapter may be for a period of more than 35 years from the date of execution.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2505, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
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