Texas § NR.161.228 - CONDITIONS OF LEASES
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§ NR.161.228. CONDITIONS OF LEASES
CONDITIONS OF LEASES. While the veteran is indebted to the board for land purchased, if he executes or there exists a lease or contract of sale of oil, gas, or other minerals, chemicals, or hard metals or a lease or contract of sale for timber, sand, gravel, or other materials that covers all or part of the land and that would result in the depletion of the corpus of the tract, at least one-half of all bonus money, delay rentals, and royalties received as consideration for or payment under the oil, gas, and mineral lease and at least one-half of all money received under a lease or contract of sale of any other minerals, chemicals, hard metals, timber, sand, gravel, and other materials or as much as is required, shall be paid to the board by the owner of the lease or contract of sale and applied by the board to the satisfaction of the indebtedness. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2668, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3080, ch. 812, Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 1981.
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Section NR.161.228 ("CONDITIONS OF LEASES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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