Section 52.011 - Area Subject to Lease Under the provisions of this subchapter, the board may lease to any person for the production of oil and natural gas:
(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) all unsold surveyed and unsurveyed public school land; and(4) 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.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 52.011
Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.002(b), eff. 9/1/2003.Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5245, ch. 965, Sec. 6, eff. 6/19/1983 Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2445, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.