Texas § NR.53.151 - LEASE OF CERTAIN AREAS
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§ NR.53.151. LEASE OF CERTAIN AREAS
LEASE OF CERTAIN AREAS. (a) Under the provisions of this subchapter, the board may lease to any person for the production of coal, lignite, sulphur, salt, and potash: (1) islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the state within tidewater limits; (2) the portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of the state; (3) rivers and channels that belong to the state; (4) all unsold surveyed and unsurveyed public school land; and (5) all land sold with a reservation of minerals to the state under Section 51.054 or 51.086 of this code in which the state has retained leasing rights. (b) The lease may not be granted for any land within 2,500 feet of a military base. Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 49, ch. 29, Sec. 1, eff. April 3, 1979. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5245, ch. 965, Sec. 7, eff. June 19, 1983; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 17, eff. May 27, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.002(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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