Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 53.013 — CONDITIONS OF PERMIT

NR § 53.013Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN · Ch. 53. MINERALS · Art. B. PROSPECT AND LEASE ON STATE LAND

Statute text

View on source

(a)The commissioner may issue to the first applicant a permit to prospect the area designated in the applicant's application for a period up to one year from the date the application is filed. If the commissioner elects to grant the application for a permit to prospect under the provisions of this subchapter, the permit shall not be issued until after the land office receives the rental payment set by the commissioner.

(b)After receipt of an additional rental payment set by the commissioner, the commissioner may extend the permit for a period of one year.

(c)No permit may be extended for a period of more than five consecutive years from the date of its issuance.

Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2470, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 923, Sec. 19, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 354, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.