Sec. 53.061.  AUTHORITY TO LEASE CERTAIN MINERALS.  (a)  The state constitutes the owner of the surface its agent to lease to any person any mineral, except oil and gas, which may be within all or part of a survey previously sold with all minerals reserved to the state.
(b)  The lease shall be made on terms and conditions that may be prescribed by the school land board.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2471, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.