Sec. 52.022. ROYALTY RATE. The board shall set the royalty rate on production of oil and gas from land leased under this subchapter. The royalty rate set must be at least one-eighth of the gross production or the market value of the oil and gas produced.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2446, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.