Sec. 51.178. DEPOSIT. (a) The commissioner may recover from the applicant state funds expended in evaluating and investigating the application, providing notice, preparing a survey, appointing an attorney ad litem, and conducting hearings under this subchapter.
(b) The commissioner shall require the applicant to submit a deposit in an amount sufficient to pay the reasonable costs under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the application commencement date.
(c) If the amount deposited is insufficient, the commissioner shall require a reasonably necessary supplemental deposit. If a supplemental deposit is required, the applicant must make the deposit not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner requests the supplemental deposit.
(d) An applicant may not challenge or appeal the amount of the required deposits, and the applicant's refusal or failure to make the required deposits in the period prescribed by this section terminates the application without prejudice.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 33.01, eff. Jan. 11, 2004; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 33.02, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - Disposition of the Public Domain
Chapter 51 - Land, Timber, and Surface Resources
Subchapter E. Sale and Lease of Vacancies
Section 51.171. Purpose; Application of Other Law
Section 51.173. Disposition of Vacant Land
Section 51.174. General Powers and Duties of Commissioner
Section 51.175. General Powers and Duties of Board
Section 51.176. Vacancy Application; Filing
Section 51.177. Processing Vacancy Application
Section 51.179. Disposition of Deposits
Section 51.180. Attorney Ad Litem
Section 51.181. Notice to Necessary Parties
Section 51.182. Filing of Exceptions to Application
Section 51.184. Commissioner's Survey
Section 51.185. Surveyor's Report
Section 51.186. Completion of Survey
Section 51.188. Commissioner's Final Order
Section 51.190. Scope of Review
Section 51.191. Issues Reviewable
Section 51.192. Standing to Appeal
Section 51.193. Application for and Determination of Good-Faith-Claimant Status