{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-53.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 53.018","heading":"ROYALTY.","body":"The royalty under the lease shall not be less than one-sixteenth of the value of the minerals produced under the lease.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2470, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN","CHAPTER 53. MINERALS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROSPECT AND LEASE ON STATE LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.53.htm#53.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"bfe5f3c87c525c399204da639b64c1e70a2208f1ec512feef2187717b0311414","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-53.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-53.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}