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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Section 52.171. School and Asylum Lands
Section 52.172. Sale and Lease by Agent
Section 52.174. Failure to Drill Offset
Section 52.175. Lease of Oil and Gas After Forfeiture
Section 52.176. Forfeiture of Rights
Section 52.177. Rights of Subsequent Purchaser
Section 52.178. Operation Under Permit
Section 52.179. Lease Under Permit
Section 52.180. Payments Under Permit
Section 52.181. Relinquishment Under Permit
Section 52.182. Damages to Soil
Section 52.183. Effective Date of Lease
Section 52.184. Statement of Consideration
Section 52.185. University Land
Section 52.186. Lease of Certain Minerals When Owner of the Soil Unavailable
Section 52.188. Assignments to the Owner of the Soil