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TX Nat Res Code § 52.176 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.176. Forfeiture of Rights

Sec. 52.176.  FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS.  If any person, firm, or corporation operating under this law shall fail or refuse to make the payment of any sum within 30 days after it becomes due, or if such one or an authorized agent should knowingly make any false return or false report concerning production or drilling, or if such one should fail to file reports in the manner required by law or fail to comply with General Land Office rules and regulations or refuse the proper authority access to the records pertaining to the operations, or if such one or an authorized agent should knowingly fail or refuse to give correct information to the proper authority, or knowingly fail or refuse to furnish the land office a correct log of any well, or if any lease is assigned and the assignment is not filed in the General Land Office as required by law, the rights acquired under the permit or lease shall be subject to forfeiture by the commissioner, and he shall forfeit same when sufficiently informed of the facts which authorize a forfeiture, and the oil and gas shall be subject to sale in the manner provided for the sale of other forfeited rights hereunder, except that the owner of the soil shall not thereby forfeit his interest in the oil and gas.  Such forfeiture may be set aside and all rights theretofore existing shall be reinstated at any time before the rights of another intervene, upon satisfactory evidence of future compliance with the provisions of this subchapter.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2459, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.177 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.177. Rights of Subsequent Purchaser

Sec. 52.177.  RIGHTS OF SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER.  If one acquires a valid right by permit or lease to the oil and gas in any unsold public free school or asylum land under any other law, a subsequent purchaser of such land shall not acquire any rights to any of the oil and gas that may be therein, but when the rights under such permit or lease terminate in the manner provided in the law under which they were obtained, then the owner of the soil shall become the owner of that portion of the oil and gas herein relinquished, and shall be thereafter subject to the provisions of this law.  A forfeiture of the purchase of any survey or tract for any cause shall operate as a forfeiture of the minerals therein to the state.  A relinquishment to the state of a lease producing oil or gas in paying quantities shall not operate to relinquish or convey to the owner of the soil any interest whatever in the oil and gas that may be in the land included in said lease.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2459, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.178 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.178. Operation Under Permit

Sec. 52.178.  OPERATION UNDER PERMIT.  The owner of a permit or combination of permits shall have 18 months from the date or average date thereof in which to begin drilling a well for oil and gas on some portion of the land included therein.  The drilling on one permit shall be sufficient protection against forfeiture of all the permits included in a combination.  Owners of permits or combination of permits included herein shall have three years after the date or average date thereof in which to complete the development of oil and gas thereon, and if oil and gas should not be found in paying quantities and a lease applied for within said time all rights in such permit or combination of permits shall terminate, and the oil and gas in such land shall become subject to the provisions of this law relating to the relinquishment of oil and gas to the owner of the soil.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2460, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.179 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.179. Lease Under Permit

Sec. 52.179.  LEASE UNDER PERMIT.  If oil or gas should be produced in paying quantities upon any land included in this law, the owner of the permit shall report the development to the commissioner within 30 days thereafter and apply for a lease upon such whole surveys or tracts in each permit as the owner or owners of a combination of permits may desire to be leased, and accompany the application with a log of the wells, and the correctness of the log shall be sworn to by the owner, manager, or driller, and thereupon a lease shall be issued without the payment of any additional sum of money and for a period not to exceed 10 years, subject to renewal or renewals.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2460, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.180 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.180. Payments Under Permit

Sec. 52.180.  PAYMENTS UNDER PERMIT.  The owner of a permit or combination of permits who desires to avail himself of the terms of this law, shall pay the state 10 cents per acre, annually in advance, for the second and third years, and shall likewise pay the owner of the soil 10 cents per acre for the first year of such permit, before availing himself of the privileges hereof, and a like sum thereafter annually in advance.  A failure to make either of said payments shall subject the permit or permits to forfeiture by the commissioner, and when sufficiently informed of the facts which subject the permits to forfeiture, said commissioner shall forfeit the same by an endorsement of forfeiture upon the wrapper containing the papers relating to the permits and sign it officially.  The payment of 10 cents per acre to the owner of the soil may be made to him or to the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated, and said clerk shall deposit such payment as he receives, in some bank at the county seat to the credit of the record owner of such land.  If the owner of the soil refuses to accept such payment, said clerk shall withdraw such deposit and return it to the owner of the permit.  The payment, or the tender of payment, shall be evidenced by the receipt of the owner or part owner or county clerk filed among the papers in the land office relating to such permits.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2460, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.181 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.181. Relinquishment Under Permit

Sec. 52.181.  RELINQUISHMENT UNDER PERMIT.  The owner of a permit or combination of permits may relinquish to the state a permit or combination of permits or any whole survey or whole tract included in a permit at any time before obtaining a lease therefor by having such relinquishment recorded in the counties in which the land or part thereof is situated, and by filing it in the land office within 60 days after its execution, with a filing fee set by the commissioner in an amount not less than $1.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2460, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 405, ch. 81, Sec. 21(k), eff. Sept. 1, 1983.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.182 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.182. Damages to Soil

Sec. 52.182.  DAMAGES TO SOIL.  The payment of delay rentals and the obligation to pay the owner of the soil one-sixteenth of the production and the payment of same when produced and the acceptance of same by the owner, shall be in lieu of all damages to the soil.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 923, Sec. 18, eff. Aug. 26, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.183 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.183. Effective Date of Lease

Sec. 52.183.  EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEASE.  No mineral lease executed by the owner of the land or minerals under this subchapter is effective until a certified copy of the lease is filed in the land office.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.184 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.184. Statement of Consideration

Sec. 52.184.  STATEMENT OF CONSIDERATION.  No lease executed under this subchapter after September 17, 1939, is binding on the state unless it recites the actual and true consideration paid or promised.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.185 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter F. Relinquishment|Section 52.185. University Land

Sec. 52.185.  UNIVERSITY LAND.  The provisions of this subchapter relating to a combination of permits and extension of time for beginning development and time for development applies to permits on university land.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2461, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.291 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter H. Lease Limitations|Section 52.291. Coverage

Sec. 52.291.  COVERAGE.  The following persons, agencies, and entities are subject to the provisions of Sections 52.292 through 52.293 of this code:(1)  the commissioner;(2)  the board;(3)  boards for lease of land owned by a department, board, or agency of the state created by Chapter 34 of this code;(4)  the Board for Lease of University Lands;(5)  the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University;(6)  the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University;(7)  the Board of Regents of the Texas State University System;(8)  the Board of Regents of the University of Houston;(9)  any other board of regents or other governing board of a state-supported institution of higher learning having authority to execute oil and gas leases on land owned by the institution;(10)  an owner of land or minerals in this state whose authority to lease the land or minerals as agent for the state arises in whole or in part from what is commonly known as the Relinquishment Act, codified in Subchapter F  of this chapter;(11)  the Board for Lease of State Park Lands;(12)  the Board for Lease of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;  and(13)  the commissioners court of any county in this state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2466, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 38, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 6, eff. May 23, 1997.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.297 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter H. Lease Limitations|Section 52.297. Compensation for Damages From Use of Surface

Sec. 52.297.  COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES FROM USE OF SURFACE.  (a)  Leases issued under Subchapter B of this chapter  for unsold surveyed or unsurveyed school land, other than land included in islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the state in tidewater limits and other than that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of the state, must include a provision requiring the compensation for damages from the use of the surface in prospecting for, exploring, developing, or producing the leased minerals.(b)  The commissioner by rule shall set the procedure for receiving compensation for damages to the surface of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.(c)  Money collected for surface damages shall be deposited in a special fund account in the State Treasury to be used for conservation, reclamation, or construction of permanent improvements on land that belongs to the permanent school fund.(d)  The special fund account must be an interest-bearing account, and the interest received on the account shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund.(e)  Money collected under this section and designated for the construction of permanent improvements as provided by this section must be used not later than two years after the date on which the money is collected.(f)  Any money that remains in the special fund account for longer than two years shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the permanent school fund.(g)  The compensation for damages under this section is in addition to any bonus, rental, royalty, or other payment required by the lease.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 328, Sec. 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.321 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter I. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Permit|Section 52.321. Definitions

Sec. 52.321.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Geophysical exploration" means a survey or investigation conducted to discover or locate oil and gas prospects using magnetic, gravity, seismic, and/or electrical techniques.(2)  "Geochemical exploration" means a survey or investigation conducted to discover or locate oil and gas prospects using techniques involving soil sampling and analysis.(3)  "Public school land" means land dedicated by the constitution or laws of this state to the permanent free school fund, and specifically includes land with a mineral classification under Subchapter F of this chapter  in which the state has retained the oil and gas interest and areas within tidewater limits.(4)  "Areas within tidewater limits" means islands, saltwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs within tidewater limits and that portion of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of Texas.(5)  "Permit" means a license issued by the commissioner authorizing geophysical and/or geochemical exploration on public school land.(6)  "Permittee" means the holder of a permit.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 631, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 43, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.322 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter I. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Permit|Section 52.322. Permit Required for Exploration

Sec. 52.322.  PERMIT REQUIRED FOR EXPLORATION.  (a)  Except for a person who has a valid oil and gas lease on public school land authorized by this chapter, a person may not conduct geophysical or geochemical exploration on public school land unless the person obtains a permit from the commissioner.(b)  Every person who is authorized to conduct a geophysical or geochemical exploration on public school land shall comply with the commissioner's rules relating to such exploration.  Any person with a valid oil and gas lease on land subject to this chapter must comply with the commissioner's rules concerning exploration.(c)  Nothing in this title shall prohibit the conduct of airborne geophysical exploration.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 631, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.323 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter I. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Permit|Section 52.323. Application for Permit

Sec. 52.323.  APPLICATION FOR PERMIT.  (a)  The person responsible for conducting a geophysical or geochemical exploration is the person who must apply for a permit.(b)  An application for a permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the name and address of each person for whom the exploration is being conducted as well as any other information required by the commissioner.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 631, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.324 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter I. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Permit|Section 52.324. Authority of Commissioner

Sec. 52.324.  AUTHORITY OF COMMISSIONER.  (a)  The commissioner:(1)  as a condition of issuing a permit, shall collect reasonable fees from the applicant in an amount determined by the commissioner;(2)  may require a permittee to furnish to the commissioner, upon the commissioner's request, copies of maps, plats, reports, data, and any other information in the possession of the permittee that relates to the progress or results of an exploration under a permit;  provided however, the commissioner shall not require a permittee to furnish any of its interpretive data;(3)  shall by rule require a permittee to restore land explored under the permit as nearly as is practicable to its condition immediately prior to the exploration;(4)  shall by rule determine the procedure for receiving compensation for damages to the surface of public school land except land with a mineral classification under Subchapter F of this chapter;  and(5)  may make any other rules relating to geophysical or geochemical explorations, permits, or permittees the commissioner considers appropriate.(b)  Money collected for surface damages shall be deposited and used in the manner provided by Section 52.297 of this chapter.(c)  In the case of areas within tidewater limits, the commissioner shall follow the recommendations of the Parks and Wildlife Department in making rules to prevent unnecessary pollution of water, destruction of fish, oysters, and other marine life, and obstruction of navigation.(d)  If a permittee violates a rule of the commissioner or a term of a permit, the commissioner may cancel the permit.(e)  If by authority of Subsection (a)(2) of this section the commissioner acquires information concerning a permittee's geophysical or geochemical exploration, the commissioner shall consider the information to be confidential and may not disclose it, except by authority of a court order, to the public or any other agency of this state.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 631, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Nat Res Code § 52.325 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 52 - Oil and Gas|Subchapter I. Geophysical and Geochemical Exploration Permit|Section 52.325. Permittee's Failure to Comply

Sec. 52.325.  PERMITTEE'S FAILURE TO COMPLY.  (a)  If a permittee fails to restore land in accordance with Section 52.324(a)(3) of this code and the rules of the commissioner, the commissioner and any surface lessee may maintain an action against the permittee for actual damages to the land, or to the improvements, growing crops, or domesticated animals on the land that were caused by the geophysical or geochemical exploration.(b)  If a permittee violates this subchapter, the provisions of a permit issued by authority of this subchapter, or a rule of the commissioner, the permittee commits an offense.  An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.  Each day that a violation occurs is a separate offense.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2451, ch. 631, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.|
TX Nat Res Code § 53.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain|Chapter 53 - Minerals|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 53.001. Definitions

Sec. 53.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office.(2)  "Land office" means the General Land Office.(3)  "Board" means the School Land Board.(4)  "Surface mining" means the mining of minerals by removing the overburden lying above the natural deposit of minerals and mining directly from the natural deposits that are exposed.  The term does not include in situ mining activities.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2469, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1483, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.|
TX Nat Res Code § 53.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|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|Section 53.011. Land Subject to Prospect

Sec. 53.011.  LAND SUBJECT TO PROSPECT.  Any tract of land that belongs to the state, including islands, salt and freshwater lakes, bays, inlets, marshes, and reefs owned by the state within tidewater limits, the part of the Gulf of Mexico within the state's jurisdiction, unsold surveyed public school land, rivers and channels that belong to the state, and land sold with a reservation of minerals to the state are subject to prospect by any person for those minerals which are not subject to lease or permit under any other statute.  A person may not prospect from a location within 2,500 feet of a military base, but prospectors may, from a location more than 2,500 feet from a base, look for minerals within the 2,500-foot strip.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2469, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 912, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 31, 1987;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 31, 1987;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 14, eff. May 27, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 53.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|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|Section 53.012. Application for Right to Prospect

Sec. 53.012.  APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO PROSPECT.  (a)  A person who desires to prospect land covered by this subchapter shall file an application with the commissioner designating the area to be prospected.(b)  Each area covered by an application may not be in excess of 640 acres with a 10 percent tolerance for tracts, sections, and surveys that include more than 640 acres.(c)  The commissioner may determine the contents of an application.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2469, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|