Sec. 76.017.  LOCATION RENTAL FEES.  (a)  The holder of a certificate of location shall pay to the department $6 per acre of location per year to rent the location under the certificate.  In lieu of that payment, the commission may set the required payment under this section in a greater amount.
(b)  Rental fees are due annually by March 1.
(c)  The holder of a certificate shall pay the department a late penalty fee equal to 10 percent of the amount due for any rental, transfer, sale, or renewal fee that is not paid when due.
(d)  The failure to pay any rental, transfer, sale, renewal, or late penalty fee within 90 days of the due date terminates the lease.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 908, ch. 416, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1979;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1338, ch. 277, Sec. 46, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 66, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;  Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 448, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.