**EXHIBIT 31** **CERTIFICATIONS**     I, Ron Hooper, certify that:     1. I have reviewed this annual report on    Form 10-K    of Sabine Royalty Trust, for which Bank of America, N.A. acts as    Trustee;     2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not    contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state    a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light    of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not    misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual    report;     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and    other financial information included in this annual report,    fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,    distributable income and changes in trust corpus of the    registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual    report;     4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining    disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act    Rules 13a-15(e)    and    15d-15(e))    and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in    Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), or for causing such    controls and procedures to be established and maintained, for    the registrant and I have:     a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or    caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed    under my supervision, to ensure that material information    relating to the registrant, including its consolidated    subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those    entities, particularly during the period in which this annual    report is being prepared;     b) designed such internal control over financial reporting,    or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be    designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance    regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the    preparation of financial statements for external purposes;     c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s    disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual    report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure    controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by    this annual report based on such evaluation; and     d) disclosed in this annual report any changes in the    registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that    occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter    (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an    annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably    likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal    control over financial reporting; and     5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of    internal control over financial reporting, to the    registrant’s auditors:     a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in    the design or operation of internal control over financial    reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the    registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and    report financial information; and     b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves    persons who have a significant role in the registrant’s    internal control over financial reporting.     Date: March 13, 2008      By: /s/  Ron    Hooper    Ron Hooper    Senior Vice President and Trust Administrator    Bank of America, N.A.