Sec. 88.107. FOREST LAND: ACQUISITION BY GIFT OR PURCHASE. (a) On the recommendation of the board, the governor may accept gifts of land to the state to be held, protected, and administered by the board as state forests and to be used to demonstrate the practical utility of timber culture and water conservation and for game preserves. The gifts may be on terms and conditions agreed upon between the grantors of the property and the board.
(b) The board may purchase lands in the name of the state suitable chiefly for the production of timber as state forests, using for that purpose any special appropriation.
(c) All conveyances of property, by gift or otherwise, shall be submitted to the attorney general for approval as to form.
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3210, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - The Texas a & M University System
Chapter 88 - Agencies and Services of the Texas a & M University System
Subchapter B. The Texas Forest Service
Section 88.101. Director of Texas Forest Service
Section 88.102. General Duties
Section 88.103. Enforcement; Appointment of Peace Officers
Section 88.1035. Use of Funds to Support Peace Officer Training
Section 88.104. Authority to Enter Private Land
Section 88.105. Cooperation With Persons and Agencies
Section 88.107. Forest Land: Acquisition by Gift or Purchase
Section 88.108. Acquisition of Land for Forestry Purposes; Disposition
Section 88.1085. Use of Land in William Goodrich Jones State Forest
Section 88.109. Use of Certain Department of Criminal Justice Land for Reforestation
Section 88.110. Purchase of Land for Seedling Nursery
Section 88.112. South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact
Section 88.113. Compact Administrator
Section 88.114. Advisory Committee
Section 88.115. Legislative Intent
Section 88.116. Text of Compact
Section 88.117. Statewide Fire Contingency Account
Section 88.118. Statewide Fire Coordination Center
Section 88.119. Regional Wildfire Coordinators
Section 88.120. Wildfire Training
Section 88.122. Incident Management Teams
Section 88.123. Volunteer Fire Department Assistance
Section 88.124. Wildfire Protection Plan