Sec. 52.072. STATE POLICY. (a) With regard to leases and contracts for the development of riverbeds and channels, it is the policy of the state that activities of the state and all lessees and contracting parties or their heirs, successors, or assigns under a lease or contract shall comply with laws of the state and rules and orders of any state agency that are applicable to development of oil and gas bearing land in the state by persons other than the state.
(b) Each lease and contract issued under the provisions of this subchapter is subject to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this section.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2450, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Subchapter C. Development of Riverbeds and Channels
Section 52.071. Authority Over Riverbeds and Channels
Section 52.073. Area Subject to Lease
Section 52.076. Duty to Advertise
Section 52.080. Forms for Lease and Contract
Section 52.083. Conditions of Lease
Section 52.084. Special Lease Provisions
Section 52.085. Prevention of Pollution
Section 52.087. Determination of Lease Price and Delay Rentals
Section 52.090. Extension of Lease
Section 52.091. Refund of Lease Money in Certain Situations
Section 52.092. Power of Eminent Domain
Section 52.093. Eminent Domain Purposes
Section 52.094. Drilling Offset Well on Condemned Land
Section 52.095. Rights of Parties to Condemnation