Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 51.001. Definitions - Sec. 51.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" means the...

Subchapter B. Provisions Generally Applicable

Section 51.011. Management of Public School Land - Sec. 51.011. MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND. Text of subsection...

Section 51.012. Commissioner's Authority - Sec. 51.012. COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY. Subject to the authority of the...

Section 51.0125. Land Used by State Agency - Sec. 51.0125. LAND USED BY STATE AGENCY. Land that belongs...

Section 51.013. Classification of Land - Sec. 51.013. CLASSIFICATION OF LAND. (a) As the public interest...

Section 51.014. Rules - Sec. 51.014. RULES. The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to...

Section 51.015. Forms - Sec. 51.015. FORMS. The commissioner shall adopt forms that are...

Section 51.016. Duties of the Attorney General - Sec. 51.016. DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. The attorney general...

Section 51.017. Furnishing Data to Board of Education - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.017....

Section 51.017. Furnishing Data to Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation - Text of section effective on December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.017....

Section 51.018. Records and Accounts - Sec. 51.018. RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS. The commissioner shall keep in...

Section 51.019. Special Fee - Sec. 51.019. SPECIAL FEE. Each bidder on a mineral lease...

Section 51.020. Refunds - Sec. 51.020. REFUNDS. (a) On presentation of proper proof, money...

Subchapter C. Sale of Public School and Asylum Land

Section 51.051. Sale of Land - Sec. 51.051. SALE OF LAND. All sales of land described...

Section 51.052. Conditions for Sale of Land - Sec. 51.052. CONDITIONS FOR SALE OF LAND. (a) Repealed by...

Section 51.054. Reservation of Minerals - Sec. 51.054. RESERVATION OF MINERALS. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 51.0551. Lists of Public Land Offered for Sale: Criminal Penalties - Sec. 51.0551. LISTS OF PUBLIC LAND OFFERED FOR SALE: CRIMINAL...

Section 51.056. Application or Request to Purchase Land - Sec. 51.056. APPLICATION OR REQUEST TO PURCHASE LAND. A person...

Section 51.065. Notice and Record of Sale - Sec. 51.065. NOTICE AND RECORD OF SALE. (a) The commissioner...

Section 51.066. Land Award - Sec. 51.066. LAND AWARD. (a) The commissioner shall prepare and...

Section 51.067. Information Required With Payments - Sec. 51.067. INFORMATION REQUIRED WITH PAYMENTS. A person who is...

Section 51.068. Fund Accounts - Sec. 51.068. FUND ACCOUNTS. (a) Payments of principal, interest, and...

Section 51.069. Disposition of Payments on Public School Land - Sec. 51.069. DISPOSITION OF PAYMENTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND. Payments...

Section 51.070. Unpaid Principal on Public School Land Sales - Sec. 51.070. UNPAID PRINCIPAL ON PUBLIC SCHOOL LAND SALES. (a)...

Section 51.071. Forfeiture of Land - Sec. 51.071. FORFEITURE OF LAND. (a) If principal, accrued interest,...

Section 51.072. Effect of Forfeiture - Sec. 51.072. EFFECT OF FORFEITURE. In cases of forfeiture, the...

Section 51.073. Classification and Sale of Leased and Forfeited Land - Sec. 51.073. CLASSIFICATION AND SALE OF LEASED AND FORFEITED LAND....

Section 51.074. Reinstatement of Land Purchases - Sec. 51.074. REINSTATEMENT OF LAND PURCHASES. (a) If no rights...

Section 51.075. Forfeiture of a Deceased Purchaser's Land - Sec. 51.075. FORFEITURE OF A DECEASED PURCHASER'S LAND. (a) If...

Section 51.076. Legal Proceedings - Sec. 51.076. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. None of the provisions of Sections...

Section 51.077. Lien - Sec. 51.077. LIEN. To secure the payment of principal and...

Section 51.0771. Reinstatement Fee - Sec. 51.0771. REINSTATEMENT FEE. (a) A reinstatement fee is due...

Section 51.078. Transfer of Indebtedness - Sec. 51.078. TRANSFER OF INDEBTEDNESS. (a) If a person or...

Section 51.079. Transfers Generally - Sec. 51.079. TRANSFERS GENERALLY. (a) An owner of public school...

Section 51.080. Personal Transfers - Sec. 51.080. PERSONAL TRANSFERS. (a) A vendee who obtains through...

Section 51.081. Transfers Other Than Personal Transfer - Sec. 51.081. TRANSFERS OTHER THAN PERSONAL TRANSFER. A person who...

Section 51.082. Liability of Vendee - Sec. 51.082. LIABILITY OF VENDEE. After a separation of land...

Section 51.083. Patent on Part of a Tract - Sec. 51.083. PATENT ON PART OF A TRACT. (a) If...

Section 51.085. Time for Purchase of Land - Sec. 51.085. TIME FOR PURCHASE OF LAND. Each purchaser of...

Section 51.086. Sale of Escheated Permanent School Land - Sec. 51.086. SALE OF ESCHEATED PERMANENT SCHOOL LAND. (a) All...

Subchapter D. Lease of Land

Section 51.121. Lease of Unsold Land - Sec. 51.121. LEASE OF UNSOLD LAND. (a) Unsold public school...

Section 51.122. Advertisement of Leases - Sec. 51.122. ADVERTISEMENT OF LEASES. Leases under the provisions of...

Section 51.123. Lease Application - Sec. 51.123. LEASE APPLICATION. A person who desires to lease...

Section 51.124. Award of Lease - Sec. 51.124. AWARD OF LEASE. (a) A lease shall be...

Section 51.125. Rejection of Bid or Offer to Lease - Sec. 51.125. REJECTION OF BID OR OFFER TO LEASE. Any...

Section 51.126. Notification of Acceptance and Execution of Lease - Sec. 51.126. NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE AND EXECUTION OF LEASE. After...

Section 51.127. Recording Memorandum of Lease - Sec. 51.127. RECORDING MEMORANDUM OF LEASE. (a) The commissioner shall...

Section 51.129. Lien - Sec. 51.129. LIEN. (a) During the continuance of the lease...

Section 51.131. Soil and Water Conservation Plans - Sec. 51.131. SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PLANS. (a) For each...

Subchapter E. Sale and Lease of Vacancies

Section 51.171. Purpose; Application of Other Law - Sec. 51.171. PURPOSE; APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. (a) This subchapter...

Section 51.172. Definitions - Sec. 51.172. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Administratively complete" means...

Section 51.173. Disposition of Vacant Land - Sec. 51.173. DISPOSITION OF VACANT LAND. (a) Vacant and unsurveyed...

Section 51.174. General Powers and Duties of Commissioner - Sec. 51.174. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER. (a) The...

Section 51.175. General Powers and Duties of Board - Sec. 51.175. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. (a) The...

Section 51.176. Vacancy Application; Filing - Sec. 51.176. VACANCY APPLICATION; FILING. (a) To purchase or lease...

Section 51.177. Processing Vacancy Application - Sec. 51.177. PROCESSING VACANCY APPLICATION. (a) Not later than the...

Section 51.178. Deposit - Sec. 51.178. DEPOSIT. (a) The commissioner may recover from the...

Section 51.179. Disposition of Deposits - Sec. 51.179. DISPOSITION OF DEPOSITS. (a) The commissioner shall deposit...

Section 51.180. Attorney Ad Litem - Sec. 51.180. ATTORNEY AD LITEM. (a) If the applicant cannot...

Section 51.181. Notice to Necessary Parties - Sec. 51.181. NOTICE TO NECESSARY PARTIES. (a) Not later than...

Section 51.182. Filing of Exceptions to Application - Sec. 51.182. FILING OF EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICATION. (a) Not later...

Section 51.183. Investigation - Sec. 51.183. INVESTIGATION. (a) The commissioner shall conduct an investigation...

Section 51.184. Commissioner's Survey - Sec. 51.184. COMMISSIONER'S SURVEY. (a) To investigate a vacancy application...

Section 51.185. Surveyor's Report - Sec. 51.185. SURVEYOR'S REPORT. (a) Not later than the 120th...

Section 51.186. Completion of Survey - Sec. 51.186. COMPLETION OF SURVEY. (a) The commissioner shall serve...

Section 51.187. Hearing - Sec. 51.187. HEARING. (a) If the commissioner has not issued...

Section 51.188. Commissioner's Final Order - Sec. 51.188. COMMISSIONER'S FINAL ORDER. (a) At any time during...

Section 51.189. Appeal - Sec. 51.189. APPEAL. (a) A final order with a finding...

Section 51.190. Scope of Review - Sec. 51.190. SCOPE OF REVIEW. In an appeal of the...

Section 51.191. Issues Reviewable - Sec. 51.191. ISSUES REVIEWABLE. The court may review the commissioner's...

Section 51.192. Standing to Appeal - Sec. 51.192. STANDING TO APPEAL. A person may appeal the...

Section 51.193. Application for and Determination of Good-Faith-Claimant Status - Sec. 51.193. APPLICATION FOR AND DETERMINATION OF GOOD-FAITH-CLAIMANT STATUS. (a)...

Section 51.194. Preferential Right of Good-Faith Claimant - Sec. 51.194. PREFERENTIAL RIGHT OF GOOD-FAITH CLAIMANT. (a) A good-faith...

Section 51.195. Purchase or Lease by Applicant - Sec. 51.195. PURCHASE OR LEASE BY APPLICANT. (a) If no...

Subchapter F. Patents

Section 51.241. Issuance of Patent - Sec. 51.241. ISSUANCE OF PATENT. The commissioner shall issue a...

Section 51.242. Patent Fees - Sec. 51.242. PATENT FEES. When a person applies for a...

Section 51.243. Requisites of a Patent - Sec. 51.243. REQUISITES OF A PATENT. (a) Each patent for...

Section 51.244. Delivery of Patent - Sec. 51.244. DELIVERY OF PATENT. (a) When a patent is...

Section 51.245. Deceased Patentee - Sec. 51.245. DECEASED PATENTEE. A patent issued in the name...

Section 51.246. Acquisition of Deed of Acquittance to Excess Acreage - Sec. 51.246. ACQUISITION OF DEED OF ACQUITTANCE TO EXCESS ACREAGE....

Section 51.247. Patents for Land That Cannot Be Patented by Other Methods - Sec. 51.247. PATENTS FOR LAND THAT CANNOT BE PATENTED BY...

Section 51.248. Doubtful Claim - Sec. 51.248. DOUBTFUL CLAIM. If it appears to the commissioner...

Section 51.249. Conflicting Surveys - Sec. 51.249. CONFLICTING SURVEYS. If conflicts exist between surveys, the...

Section 51.250. Conflicting Title - Sec. 51.250. CONFLICTING TITLE. (a) If a patent to land...

Section 51.251. Partial Conflict of Title - Sec. 51.251. PARTIAL CONFLICT OF TITLE. If there is only...

Section 51.252. Refund of Purchase Money - Sec. 51.252. REFUND OF PURCHASE MONEY. (a) If a patent...

Section 51.253. Corrected Patent - Sec. 51.253. CORRECTED PATENT. (a) An owner of land in...

Subchapter G. Easements

Section 51.291. Grants of Easements - Sec. 51.291. GRANTS OF EASEMENTS. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 51.292. Easements and Leases for Certain Facilities - Sec. 51.292. EASEMENTS AND LEASES FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES. The commissioner...

Section 51.295. Conditions for Easement - Sec. 51.295. CONDITIONS FOR EASEMENT. Telephone, telegraph, electric transmission, powerline,...

Section 51.296. Term of Easements - Sec. 51.296. TERM OF EASEMENTS. (a) The term for easements...

Section 51.297. Recording Easements - Sec. 51.297. RECORDING EASEMENTS. (a) Each easement granted under this...

Section 51.299. Fees for Certain Facilities - Sec. 51.299. FEES FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES. The rent to be...

Section 51.2995. Waiver or Reduction of Easement Fees in Certain Circumstances - Sec. 51.2995. WAIVER OR REDUCTION OF EASEMENT FEES IN CERTAIN...

Section 51.300. Disposition of Income - Sec. 51.300. DISPOSITION OF INCOME. Income received by the commissioner...

Section 51.301. Interest on Past-Due Payments - Sec. 51.301. INTEREST ON PAST-DUE PAYMENTS. Payments under this subchapter...

Section 51.302. Prohibition and Penalty - Sec. 51.302. PROHIBITION AND PENALTY. (a) No person may construct...

Section 51.3021. Removal of Facility or Structure by Commissioner - Sec. 51.3021. REMOVAL OF FACILITY OR STRUCTURE BY COMMISSIONER. (a)...

Section 51.303. Venue - Sec. 51.303. VENUE. The venue for suits by or against...

Section 51.305. Terms and Form of Grant - Sec. 51.305. TERMS AND FORM OF GRANT. The grant of...

Section 51.306. Consideration - Sec. 51.306. CONSIDERATION. The consideration paid to the state for...

Section 51.307. Reservation of Mineral Rights - Sec. 51.307. RESERVATION OF MINERAL RIGHTS. Mineral rights together with...

Subchapter H. Sale of Timber, Gayule, and Lechuguilla

Section 51.341. Definition - Sec. 51.341. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "timbered land" means land...

Section 51.342. Sale or Lease of Timber - Sec. 51.342. SALE OR LEASE OF TIMBER. Timber located on...

Section 51.343. Rules - Sec. 51.343. RULES. Subject to the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 51.344. Application to Purchase Timber - Sec. 51.344. APPLICATION TO PURCHASE TIMBER. An application to purchase...

Section 51.345. Ingress and Egress From Land - Sec. 51.345. INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM LAND. The purchaser of...

Section 51.346. Reversion of Title to Timber - Sec. 51.346. REVERSION OF TITLE TO TIMBER. After the five-year...

Section 51.347. Sale of Gayule and Lechuguilla - Sec. 51.347. SALE OF GAYULE AND LECHUGUILLA. The board may...

Section 51.348. Conditions of Sale - Sec. 51.348. CONDITIONS OF SALE. The sale of gayule and...

Section 51.349. Contracts - Sec. 51.349. CONTRACTS. The board may enter into any contract...

Subchapter I. Acquisition of Public School Land

Section 51.401. Real Estate Special Fund Account - Sec. 51.401. REAL ESTATE SPECIAL FUND ACCOUNT. Text of subsection...

Section 51.402. Use of Designated Funds - Sec. 51.402. USE OF DESIGNATED FUNDS. Text of subsection effective...

Section 51.4021. Appointment of Special Fund Managers, Investment Consultants, or Advisors - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.4021....

Section 51.4021. Appointment of Investment Consultants or Advisors - Text of section effective on December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.4021....

Section 51.404. Title Security - Sec. 51.404. TITLE SECURITY. (a) Real property acquired under this...

Section 51.405. Contracts for Purchase - Sec. 51.405. CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE. The board may enter into...

Section 51.406. Dedication to Permanent School Fund - Sec. 51.406. DEDICATION TO PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND. Land acquired under...

Section 51.407. Rules - Sec. 51.407. RULES. The board shall adopt rules for the...

Section 51.408. Ethics Policy and Training - Sec. 51.408. ETHICS POLICY AND TRAINING. (a) In addition to...

Section 51.409. Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest and Finances - Sec. 51.409. DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND FINANCES. (a)...

Section 51.410. Reports of Expenditures - Sec. 51.410. REPORTS OF EXPENDITURES. A consultant, advisor, broker, or...

Section 51.411. Forms; Public Information - Sec. 51.411. FORMS; PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) The board shall prescribe...

Section 51.412. Reports to Legislature - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.412....

Section 51.412. Report on Use of Certain Money - Text of section effective on December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.412....

Section 51.413. Transfers From the Real Estate Special Fund Account to the Available School Fund and the Permanent School Fund - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.413....

Section 51.413. Transfers From the Real Estate Special Fund Account to the Available School Fund and the Permanent School Fund - Text of section effective on December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.413....

Section 51.4131. Report on Anticipated Transfer of Funds - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.4131....

Section 51.414. Permanent School Fund Liquid Account - Text of section effective until December 31, 2022 Sec. 51.414....

Subchapter J. Grants

Section 51.501. Application for Grant - Sec. 51.501. APPLICATION FOR GRANT. A lessee of real property...

Section 51.502. Source of Grant Money - Sec. 51.502. SOURCE OF GRANT MONEY. A grant under this...

Section 51.503. Appraisal Required - Sec. 51.503. APPRAISAL REQUIRED. (a) Before a grant is made...

Section 51.504. Evidence of Expenditure Required - Sec. 51.504. EVIDENCE OF EXPENDITURE REQUIRED. The commissioner shall require...

Section 51.505. Improvements: Real Property of Permanent School Fund - Sec. 51.505. IMPROVEMENTS: REAL PROPERTY OF PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND. Any...

Section 51.506. Maintenance - Sec. 51.506. MAINTENANCE. As a condition for a grant under...

Section 51.507. Rules - Sec. 51.507. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary...

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Texas Statutes Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources

Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources