**EXHIBIT 31**
**CERTIFICATIONS**
I, Ron Hooper, certify that:
     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof Sabine Royalty Trust, for which Bank of America, N.A. acts asTrustee;
     2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to statea material fact necessary to make the statements made, in lightof the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterlyreport;
     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this quarterly report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,distributable income and changes in trust corpus of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisquarterly report;
     4. I am responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)), or for causing suchcontrols and procedures to be established and maintained, forthe 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 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 of    financial statements for external purposes;            c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s    disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report    my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure    controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by    this report based on such evaluation; and           d) Disclosed in this report any change 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 ofinternal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’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    management or other employees who have a significant role in the    registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 By:     /s/ Ron Hooper      Ron Hooper     Senior Vice President and Trust Administrator     Bank of America, N.A.
Date: May 8, 2006