Section 66.61. Definitions

TX Educ Code § 66.61 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 66.61. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Board" means the Board for Lease of University Lands.

(2) "Board of regents" means the board of regents of The University of Texas System, except where otherwise specified.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the General Land Office.

(4) "Oil and gas" means crude oil, natural gas, and all substances, including other hydrocarbons, produced in association with crude oil and natural gas.

(5) "University lands" means land dedicated to the permanent university fund.

(6) "Well" means an oil or gas well that has been assigned a well number by the state agency having regulatory jurisdiction over the production of oil and gas. A single wellbore may contain more than one well.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1324, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.