{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 71.002","heading":"AUTHORITY TO LEASE.","body":"A political subdivision may lease land owned by it for mineral development, including development of coal and lignite.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2504, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.71.htm#71.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"2470bd5ee856d8a7381981c457f460d046173a5020d3595bbf55579ab064ee57","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}