Sec. 52.021.  TERM OF LEASE.  A lease granted under this subchapter shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and for as long after that time as oil or gas is produced from the leased area.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2446, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5247, ch. 965, Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 1983;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.