{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.010","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 71.010","heading":"LEASE TERM.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2505, 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#71.010","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"e6f05ed20f1a7c29a6031d645bdd5e0950ca1f4d0ff7cea6f072107200f36ed7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.009","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-71.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}