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TX Nat Res Code § 11.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.011. Vacant and Unappropriated Land

Sec. 11.011.  VACANT AND UNAPPROPRIATED LAND.  So that the law relating to the public domain may be brought together, the following extract is taken from the joint resolutions of the Congress of the United States relating to the annexation of Texas to the United States, which was approved June 23, 1845:  "Said State, when admitted into the Union,  . . .  shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct.  . . ."|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2349, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.0111 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.0111. Location of Coastal Boundaries

Sec. 11.0111.  LOCATION OF COASTAL BOUNDARIES.  (a)  The commissioner shall:(1)  have the area between the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and the Three Marine League line compiled and platted;  and(2)  locate and set the boundary lines between the coastal counties from the coastline to the Three Marine League line.(b)  The commissioner shall locate and set the boundary lines between the counties from the coastline to the Three Marine League line in accordance with established engineering practice.(c)  The legal description of the boundary lines set between the counties from the coastline to the continental shelf shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the affected county.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 30, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.012. Gulfward Boundary of Texas

Sec. 11.012.  GULFWARD BOUNDARY OF TEXAS.  (a)  The gulfward boundary of the State of Texas is the boundary determined in and pursuant to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Texas v. Louisiana, 426 U.S. 465 (1976).(b)  The State of Texas has full sovereignty over the water, the beds and shores, and the arms of the Gulf of Mexico within its boundaries as provided in Subsection (a) of this section, subject only to the right of the United States to regulate foreign and interstate commerce under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, and the power of the United States over admiralty and maritime jurisdiction under Article III, Section 2 of the United States Constitution.(c)  The State of Texas owns the water and the beds and shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the arms of the Gulf of Mexico within the boundaries provided in this section, including all land which is covered by the Gulf of Mexico and the arms of the Gulf of Mexico either at low tide or high tide.(d)  None of the provisions of this section may be construed to relinquish any dominion, sovereignty, territory, property, or rights of the State of Texas previously held by the state.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2349, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.014. Land Acquired From Oklahoma

Sec. 11.014.  LAND ACQUIRED FROM OKLAHOMA.  (a)  Land acquired by the state in Oklahoma v. Texas, 272 U.S. 21 (1926) and subsequent orders of the United States Supreme Court relating to that case, is incorporated into the counties which are adjacent to the land, and the north and south lines of the adjacent counties, Lipscomb, Hemphill, Wheeler, Collingsworth, and Childress, are extended east to the 100th degree of west longitude as it is fixed in the final judgment.(b)  The land acquired from Oklahoma shall become a part of the respective counties as though it were originally included in each county for governmental purposes and shall be assessed for taxes and have taxes collected under the provisions of existing law.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2350, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.015. Extension of Texas-New Mexico Boundary

Sec. 11.015.  EXTENSION OF TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BOUNDARY.  (a)  The boundary lines of all counties in the Texas Panhandle that border on the New Mexico boundary line are extended by extending the north and south lines of certain counties west to the Texas-New Mexico line, which was established by the survey of John H. Clark in 1859 and later retraced to completion on September 26, 1911, by the Boundary Commission composed of Francis M. Cockrell and Sam R. Scott, under authority of S.J.R. No. 124, of the 61st Congress, Third Session.(b)  The boundary line is referred to as the 103rd Meridian and is described as follows:Beginning at the point where the one hundred and third degree of longitude west from Greenwich intersects the parallel of thirty-six degrees and thirty Minutes North latitude, as determined and fixed by John H. Clark, the Commissioner on the part of the United States in the years eighteen hundred and fifty-nine and eighteen hundred and sixty;  thence South with the line run by said Clark for the said one hundred and third degree of longitude to the Thirty-second parallel of North latitude to the point marked by said Clark as the Southeast corner of New Mexico;  and thence West with the thirty-second degree of North latitude as determined by said Clark to the Rio Grande.(c)  Copies of the deeds certified by the custodian of records in each of the counties in New Mexico in which the land is located and other instruments of title are admissible as evidence in suits filed in this state to the same extent as the original deeds or certified copies of them.(d)  The county clerk of each of the counties in Texas in which the land is now located may file the certified copies of deeds and other instruments affecting title in the same manner as the original deeds could have been filed.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2350, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.016. Land Acquired From Mexico in 1933

Sec. 11.016.  LAND ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO IN 1933.  (a)  The State of Texas recognizes the provisions of 54 Stat. 21 (1940) and accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal jurisdiction over all of certain parcels or tracts of land lying adjacent to the territory of the State of Texas which were acquired by the United States under a convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed February 1, 1933.(b)  The parcels and tracts of land acquired by the state constitute a part of the respective counties within whose boundaries they are located by extending the county boundaries to the Rio Grande and are subject to the civil and criminal jurisdiction of these counties.(c)  Any parcels or tracts, parts of which are located in two separate counties, shall be surveyed by the county surveyors of both counties, who shall determine the portion of the land located in their respective counties and shall file the field notes of the land in their offices together with a map of the parcels or tracts in the map records of the county.(d)  For the purpose of determining the boundaries, the boundary lines of the parcels and tracts established by the American Section of the International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico, shall be accepted as the true boundaries.(e)  Any parcels or tracts of land that are adjacent to or contiguous to a water improvement district or a conservation and reclamation district may be included within the district by a written contract entered into between the owner of the land and the board of directors of the district.  The contract shall specifically describe the land to be included in the district, the character of water service to be furnished to the land, and the terms and conditions on which the land is to be included in the district and shall be acknowledged in the manner required for the acknowledgment of deeds and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the land is located.(f)  None of the provisions of this section may be construed to affect the ownership of the land.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2350, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.017. Chamizal Area

Sec. 11.017.  CHAMIZAL AREA.  (a)  The State of Texas accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal jurisdiction over the tract of land lying adjacent to the State of Texas which was acquired by the United States of America from the United Mexican States under the Convention for the Solution of the Problem of the Chamizal, signed August 29, 1963, and ceded to Texas by Act of Congress.(b)  The territory shall be a part of El Paso County.(c)  None of the provisions of this section affect the ownership of the land.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2351, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter B. Territory and Boundaries of the State|Section 11.018. Cession of Certain El Paso Land

Sec. 11.018.  CESSION OF CERTAIN EL PASO LAND.  (a)  To facilitate the project for rectification of the Rio Grande in the El Paso-Juarez Valley under the convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed February 1, 1933, without cost to the state, all right, title, and interest of the State of Texas in and to the bed and banks of the Rio Grande in El Paso County and Hudspeth County which may be necessary or expedient in the construction of the project is ceded to the United States of America.(b)  This cession is made on the express condition that the State of Texas retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States of America over every portion of land ceded which remains within the territorial limits of the United States after the project is completed so that process may be executed in the same manner and with the same effect as before the cession took place.(c)  None of the provisions of this section may be construed as a cession or relinquishment of any rights which the State of Texas, its citizens, or any property owners have in the water of the Rio Grande, its use, or access to it.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2351, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter C. Special Funds|Section 11.041. Permanent School Fund

Sec. 11.041.  PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.  (a)  In addition to land and minerals granted to the permanent school fund under the constitution and other laws of this state, the permanent school fund shall include:(1)  the mineral estate in river beds and channels;(2)  the mineral estate in areas within tidewater limits, including islands, lakes, bays, and the bed of the sea which belong to the state;  and(3)  the arms and the beds and shores of the Gulf of Mexico within the boundary of Texas.(b)  The land and minerals dedicated to the permanent school fund shall be managed as provided by law.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2352, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter C. Special Funds|Section 11.042. Asylum Fund

Sec. 11.042.  ASYLUM FUND.  The 400,000 acres of land set apart for the various asylums in equal portions of 100,000 acres for each by act of the legislature, approved August 30, 1856, is recognized and set apart to provide a permanent fund for the support, maintenance, and improvement of the asylums.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2352, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter C. Special Funds|Section 11.043. University Fund

Sec. 11.043.  UNIVERSITY FUND.  After payment of the amount due to the permanent school fund for proceeds from the sale of the portion of the public land set aside for payment of the public debt by act of the legislature in 1879 and payment directed to be made to the permanent school and university funds by act of the legislature in 1883, the remainder of the land not to exceed two million acres or the proceeds from their sale shall be divided in half and one of the halves shall constitute a permanent endowment fund for The University of Texas System.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2352, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.071. Recovery of Value of Minerals and Timber

Sec. 11.071.  RECOVERY OF VALUE OF MINERALS AND TIMBER.  (a)  At least semiannually, the commissioner and the county attorney of each county shall report to the attorney general the name and address of each person who has taken any minerals or other property of value from public land or who has cut, used, destroyed, sold, or otherwise appropriated any timber from public land and shall report any other data within their knowledge.  The county attorneys also shall assist the attorney general relating to these matters in any manner he requests.(b)  The attorney general shall file suit in any county in which all or part of the injury occurred or in the county in which the defendant resides to recover the value of the property, or with the consent of the governor, the attorney general may compromise and settle any of these liabilities with or without suit.(c)  The attorney general shall pay all amounts collected or received by him to the permanent funds to which they belong.(d)  From amounts recovered by suit, the attorney general shall receive a fee of 10 percent and the county attorney shall receive a fee of five percent, and from amounts recovered by compromise, the attorney general and county attorney shall each receive one-half of the fees to be taxed against the defendant as costs.  No county attorney may receive compensation from cases not reported by him to the attorney general.(e)  Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may use for his benefit or cut or remove any mineral, plant, or anything of value located on land belonging to the permanent school fund without proper authority from the commissioner.(f)  In addition to any other penalties provided by law, a person violating the provisions of Subsection (e) of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each thing of value cut, used, or removed.  All civil penalties collected under this subsection shall be credited to the permanent school fund.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2352, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 208, Sec. 9, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.072 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.072. Fences With and Without Gates

Sec. 11.072.  FENCES WITH AND WITHOUT GATES.  (a)  A person who has used any of the pasture land by joining fences or otherwise and who builds or maintains more than three miles lineal measure of fences running in the same general direction without a gate in it shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $1,000.(b)  The gate in the fence described in Subsection (a) of this section shall be at least 10 feet wide and shall not be locked or kept closed so that it obstructs free ingress or egress.(c)  The provisions of this section do not apply to persons who have previously settled on land not their own, if the enclosure is 200 acres or less and if the principal pursuit of the person on the land is agriculture.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.073 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.073. Definition of Fencing

Sec. 11.073.  DEFINITION OF FENCING.  In Sections 11.074 and 11.075 of this code, "fencing" means the erection of any structure of wood, wire, wood and wire, or any other material, whether it encloses land on all sides or only one or more sides, which is intended to prevent the passage of cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, or hogs.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.074 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.074. Herding and Line-Riding

Sec. 11.074.  HERDING AND LINE-RIDING.  (a)  No owner of stock, manager, agent, employee, or servant may fence, use, occupy, or appropriate by herding or line-riding any portion of the public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools or asylums unless he obtains a lease for the land from the proper authority.(b)  Any owner of stock or his manager, agent, employee, or servant who fences, uses, occupies, or appropriates by herding or line-riding any portion of the land covered by Subsection (a) of this section without a lease for the land, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and confined in the county jail for not less than three months nor more than two years.  Each day for which a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.(c)  Prosecution under this section may take place in the county in which a portion of the land is located or to which the county may be attached for judicial purposes or in Travis County.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.075 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.075. Appropriation of Land by Fencing

Sec. 11.075.  APPROPRIATION OF LAND BY FENCING.  (a)  Unless a lease for the land is obtained, any appropriation of public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools and asylums by fencing or by enclosures consisting partly of fencing and partly of natural obstacles or impediments to the passage of livestock is an unlawful appropriation of land which is punishable by the penalty provided in Subsection (b) of Section 11.074 of this code.(b)  Each day that the violation continues constitutes a separate offense.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.076 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.076. Unlawful Enclosures

Sec. 11.076.  UNLAWFUL ENCLOSURES.  (a)  If the governor is credibly informed that any portion of the public land or the land which belongs to any of the special land funds has been enclosed or that fences have been erected on the land in violation of law, he may direct the attorney general to institute suit in the name of the state for the recovery of the land, damages, and fees.(b)  The fee for the attorney general may not be less than $10 if the amount recovered is less than $100, but if the amount of recovery is over $100, the fee shall be 10 percent paid by the defendant for the use and occupancy of the land and the removal of the enclosure and fences.(c)  The damages may not be less than five cents an acre a year for the period of occupancy.(d)  In a suit brought under this section, the court shall issue a writ of sequestration directed to any sheriff in the state requiring him to take into actual custody the land and any property on the land which belongs to the person who is unlawfully occupying the land and to hold the land and other property until the court issues further orders.  The writ may be executed by the sheriff to whom it is delivered, and he shall proceed to execute the writ.(e)  The defendant in the suit may replevy the property as provided in other cases by executing the bond required by law.(f)  An appeal from a suit brought under this section has precedence over other cases.(g)  If judgment is recovered by the state in the suit, the court shall order the enclosure or fences removed and shall charge the costs of the suit to the defendant.  Property on the land which belongs to the defendant and which is not exempt from execution may be used to pay costs and damages in addition to the personal liability of the defendant.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2353, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.  Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2644, ch. 707, Sec. 4(32), eff. Aug. 31, 1981.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.077 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.077. Suit Against Adverse Claimant

Sec. 11.077.  SUIT AGAINST ADVERSE CLAIMANT.  If any public land is held, occupied, or claimed adversely to the state or to any fund of the state by any person or if land is forfeited to the state for any reason, the attorney general shall file suit for the land, for rent on the land, and to recover damages to the land.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2354, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 11.078 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle A - General Provisions|Chapter 11 - Provisions Generally Applicable to the Public Domain|Subchapter D. Regulation of the Public Domain|Section 11.078. Venue

Sec. 11.078.  VENUE.  A suit brought under the provisions of Section 11.076 or Section 11.077 of this code shall be brought in the county in which the land or any part of the land is located.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2354, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|