Certification Required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
  1.
    
    I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Permian Basin 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 report based on such evaluation; andd)
    
    disclosed in this annual 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;
 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




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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.
  Date: March 2, 2009
    
    By:
    
    /s/ Ron E. HooperRon HooperSenior Vice President and AdministratorBank of America, N.A.