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TX Nat Res Code § 32.113 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter D. Sale and Lease of Land|Section 32.113. Exemption From Certain Real Estate Transaction Laws

Sec. 32.113.  EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION LAWS.  (a)  Unless the statute specifically states that the statute applies to the board, the following statutes do not apply to the board:(1)  a statute that would require the board to provide a notice or disclosure to a buyer of real property; and(2)  a statute relating to the sale, purchase, or financing of real property by an executory contract, including a contract for deed or other similar sale.(b)  This section does not affect the application of a statute described by Subsection (a)(2) to a party involved in a transaction with the board.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 234 (H.B. 1853), Sec. 2, eff. May 25, 2007.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.151 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.151. Term of Lease

Sec. 32.151.  TERM OF LEASE.  Each oil and gas lease shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and for as long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.152. Assignment and Transfer

Sec. 32.152.  ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER.  A lessee may transfer or assign his lease at any time in the manner provided by Section 52.026 of this code.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.153. Lease Relinquishment

Sec. 32.153.  LEASE RELINQUISHMENT.  A lessee may relinquish his lease to the state at any time in the manner provided by Section 52.027 of this code.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.154. Leases Subject to Laws, Orders, and Rules

Sec. 32.154.  LEASES SUBJECT TO LAWS, ORDERS, AND RULES.  Drilling or mining operations for oil, gas, or other minerals and the production of oil, gas, or other minerals under a lease issued under this chapter are subject to:(1)  the laws of this state;(2)  valid orders made by the Railroad Commission of Texas or any other regulatory authority controlling the development of leases for the production of oil, gas, or other minerals;  and(3)  rules the board adopts.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.155. Rental and Royalty Payments

Sec. 32.155.  RENTAL AND ROYALTY PAYMENTS.  (a)  Each lessee or his assigns shall pay annual rentals and royalties as specified by the board.(b)  Subchapter D, Chapter 52 of this code  applies to a lease issued under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.156. Forfeiture

Sec. 32.156.  FORFEITURE.  Each lease is subject to forfeiture by the commissioner under the conditions and in the manner provided by Section 52.176 of this code.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.157 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter E. Conditions of Leases|Section 32.157. Special Accounts

Sec. 32.157.  SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.  (a)  Special funds are created in the State Treasury to be known as the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Corrections special mineral funds.(b)  All money collected as bonus, royalty, rental, payments for easements, and permit fees attributable to land covered by this chapter, other than land dedicated to the permanent school fund, shall be deposited in the special mineral fund of the department, board, or agency owning the land.(c)  To offset the costs of leasing and administering mineral leasing, all fees collected relating to leasing lands owned by boards, departments, or agencies, including the sales fee and any penalties collected shall be credited to the same fund account in the treasury as those similar fees collected in the leasing of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.2015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.2015. Fund

Sec. 32.2015.  FUND.  (a)  The county road oil and gas fund is a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held and administered by the comptroller as trustee for the payment, without appropriation, to counties of money received from the leasing of oil and gas under lands owned by the state that were or may be acquired by a county to construct a county road.(b)  The land office shall deposit to the credit of the fund money received under Section 32.201(i) from the leasing of oil and gas under lands owned by the state that were or may be acquired by a county to construct a county road.(c)  Interest or other income from investment of the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.(d)  Money in the fund received from the leasing of oil and gas under lands described by Subsection (b) located in a county, together with the interest or other income from investment of that money deposited to the credit of the fund, shall be disbursed at least twice each fiscal year, without appropriation, to the county treasurer or officer performing the function of that office.  The county treasurer or officer shall deposit amounts received under this subsection to the credit of the county road and bridge fund of the county. Money deposited to the credit of that fund under this subsection may be used by the county only for road maintenance purposes.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 2521), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.202. Pooling

Sec. 32.202.  POOLING.  Any oil and gas lease offered under Sec. 32.201 of this code shall provide:(1)  authority for pooling all of the leased area into units of no more than 160 acres for an oil well or 640 acres for a gas well plus a 10 percent tolerance or of a unit size allowed under or prescribed by rules of the Railroad Commission of Texas;(2)  that the production allocable to the state lease shall be based upon the surface acreage of the state lease included in the unit;(3)  that the unit operations, production from any portion of the unit or payment of shut-in gas well royalty on a lease or unit well shall be considered for all purposes to be the conduct of operations and production on the state lease;  and(4)  that neither unit production of oil or gas, nor unit operations, nor payment of shut-in royalties from a unit gas well, shall serve to hold the lease in force as to any area outside the unit, regardless of whether the production, maintenance of a shut-in gas well, or operations are actually located on the state tract or not.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 1985.  Renumbered from Sec. 34.0512 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.203. Compensatory Royalty

Sec. 32.203.  COMPENSATORY ROYALTY.  Compensatory royalty shall be paid to the state on any lease offered and granted under Section 32.201 of this code if the lease is not being held by production on the tract, by production from a pooled unit, or by payment of shut-in royalties in accordance with the terms of the lease, and if oil or gas is sold and delivered in paying quantities from a well located within 2,500 feet of the leased premises and completed in a producible reservoir underlying the state lease or in any case in which drainage is occurring.  Such compensatory royalty shall be paid at the royalty rate provided in the state lease based on the value of production from the well as provided in the lease on which such well is located.  The compensatory royalty shall be paid in the same proportion that the acreage of the state lease has to the acreage of the state lease plus the acreage of a standard proration unit under statewide field rules or, if applicable, the special field rules adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas for the field in which the well has been completed.  The compensatory royalty is to be paid monthly to the commissioner on or before the last day of the month next succeeding the month in which the oil or gas is sold and delivered from the well.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, compensatory royalty payable under this section shall be no less than an amount equal to double the annual rental payable under the state lease.  Payment of compensatory royalty shall maintain the state lease in force and effect for so long as such payments are made as provided in this section.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 1985.  Renumbered from Sec. 34.0513 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175 (H.B. 3461), Sec. 10, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.204. Lease Provisions

Sec. 32.204.  LEASE PROVISIONS.  Any lease offered under Section 32.201 of this code shall contain a sufficient description of the land to be leased to enable the tract to be located on the ground.  All other terms and conditions of the lease shall be identical to those contained in the lease covering such adjacent land, provided the terms and conditions are not inconsistent with any laws of this state.  In the event there is more than one lease covering such land, the terms and conditions of the lease shall be no less favorable to the state than the most favorable of such leases.  In those instances where the adjoining land is not covered by an existing oil and gas lease, all other terms and conditions of the lease shall be set by the board.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 1985.  Renumbered from Sec. 34.0514 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(b), (f)(3), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.205. Rules

Sec. 32.205.  RULES.  The board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June 8, 1985.  Renumbered from Sec. 34.0515 by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 6.05(f)(4), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.206. Ratifications and Other Agreements

Sec. 32.206.  RATIFICATIONS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS.  (a)  The board may approve by rule or order a ratification or other agreement that includes in the benefits of production a mineral or royalty interest in land owned by the state that was acquired to construct or maintain a highway, road, street, or alley.(b)  An agreement approved by the board under this section must be executed by the commissioner to be effective.(c)  This section does not apply to an interest subject to pooling or unitization by a lessee under a lease issued under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter F. Lease of Highway Lands|Section 32.207. Advertising for Bids; Pooling

Sec. 32.207.  ADVERTISING FOR BIDS; POOLING.  Section 52.076 applies to oil and gas under land owned by this state that was acquired to construct or maintain a highway, road, street, or alley in the same manner as that section applies to oil and gas under a riverbed or channel.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175 (H.B. 3461), Sec. 11, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.251. Authority of Board, in Conjunction With Land Office, to Trade Land

Sec. 32.251.  AUTHORITY OF BOARD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAND OFFICE, TO TRADE LAND.  The Board, in conjunction with the land office, may trade fee and lesser interests in land dedicated to the permanent school fund for fee and lesser interests in land not dedicated to that fund if the board and the commissioner determine that the trade is in the best public interest of the people of this state.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.252. Authority of State Agency or Political Subdivision to Sell or Exchange Real Property

Sec. 32.252.  AUTHORITY OF STATE AGENCY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO SELL OR EXCHANGE REAL PROPERTY.  (a)  A State Agency Or Political subdivision may directly sell or exchange real property belonging to the state agency or political subdivision with the board for land dedicated to the permanent school fund if the exchange is for fair market value.(b)  Section 272.001, Local Government Code, does not apply to an exchange under this section.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.253. Purpose of Trade

Sec. 32.253.  PURPOSE OF TRADE.  Land dedicated to or acquired for the use and benefit of the permanent school fund may be traded to:(1)  aggregate sufficient acreage of contiguous land to create a manageable unit;(2)  acquire land having unique biological, geological, cultural, or recreational value;(3)  create a buffer zone for the enhancement of already existing public land, facilities, or amenities; or(4)  acquire land for the use and benefit of the permanent school fund as determined by the board to be in the best interest of the fund.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175 (H.B. 3461), Sec. 12, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.255. Deed Required

Sec. 32.255.  DEED REQUIRED.  (a)  A trade of land dedicated to the permanent school fund may be made only by a deed signed jointly by the commissioner and the governor.(b)  The governor's failure to sign the deed is a veto of the proposed trade.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.256. Dedication of Acquired Land to Fund

Sec. 32.256.  DEDICATION OF ACQUIRED LAND TO FUND.  Land acquired by the board by trade under this subchapter is dedicated to the permanent school fund.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.257 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.257. Subsurface Mineral Rights

Sec. 32.257.  SUBSURFACE MINERAL RIGHTS.  (a)  If this state retains the subsurface mineral rights to the oil, gas, and other minerals in permanent school fund land traded under this subchapter, an unrestricted right of ingress to and egress from the land by this state and its lessees shall be retained for the purpose of exploration, development, and production of the oil, gas, and other minerals to which the rights are retained by this state.(b)  This state is entitled to lease the subsurface mineral rights retained under this section in the same manner and under the same conditions as subsurface mineral rights are leased in permanent school fund land in which this state owns the surface title and the subsurface mineral rights.(c)  A lessee of the subsurface mineral rights retained under this section is liable to the owner of the land for actual damages to the land that may occur as a result of exploration for and development and production of the oil, gas, and other minerals to which rights are retained under this section.(d)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subchapter, the board, to complete a trade of equal value, may convey the surface estate and reserve the oil, gas, and other minerals, with the surface owner acting as agent for the state under:(1)  Subchapter F, Chapter 52, in leasing the land for oil and gas and receiving one-half the bonus, rental, and royalty for acting as agent for the state in leasing the land and as compensation for surface damages;  or(2)  Subchapter C, Chapter 53, in leasing the land for sulphur, coal, lignite, uranium, or potash and receiving 40 percent of the bonus, rental, and royalty for acting as agent for the state in leasing the land and as compensation for surface damages.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 32.258 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 32 - School Land Board|Subchapter G. Trade of Land|Section 32.258. Report to Legislature

Sec. 32.258.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.  (a)  The board shall report to the legislature a trade of land dedicated to the permanent school fund.  The board shall report the trade at:(1)  the first regular session of the legislature occurring after the trade if the legislature is not meeting in regular session at the time the trade is made;  or(2)  the regular session of the legislature occurring at the time of the trade if the legislature is meeting in regular session at the time the trade is made.(b)  The report must state the facts that warranted the trade.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 13.001(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Nat Res Code § 33.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 33 - Management of Coastal Public Land|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 33.001. Policy

Sec. 33.001.  POLICY.  (a)  The surface estate in the coastal public land of this state constitutes an important and valuable asset dedicated to the permanent school fund and to all the people of Texas, and it is the declared policy of this state that the estate be managed pursuant to the policies stated in the following subsections of this section.(b)  The natural resources of the surface estate in coastal public land shall be preserved.  These resources include the natural aesthetic values of those areas and the value of the areas in their natural state for the protection and nurture of all types of marine life and wildlife.(c)  Uses which the public at large may enjoy and in which the public at large may participate shall take priority over those uses which are limited to fewer individuals.(d)  The public interest in navigation in the intracoastal water shall be protected.(e)  Unauthorized use of coastal public land shall be prevented.(f)  Utilization and development of the surface estate in the coastal public land shall not be allowed unless the public interest as expressed by this chapter is not significantly impaired by it.(g)  For the purposes of this chapter, the surface estate in coastal public land shall not be alienated except by the granting of leaseholds and lesser interests and by exchanges of coastal public land for littoral property as provided in this chapter.(h)  Vested rights in land shall be protected, subject to the paramount authority of the state in the exercise of police powers to regulate the exercise of these rights, and the orderly use of littoral property in a manner consistent with the public policy of this state shall not be impaired.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2382, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|
TX Nat Res Code § 33.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 33 - Management of Coastal Public Land|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 33.002. Purpose

Sec. 33.002.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to implement the policies stated in Section 33.001 by delegating to the board, assisted by the appropriate staff of the land office, certain responsibilities and duties with respect to the management of the surface estate in coastal public land.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2383, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1256 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Nat Res Code § 33.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Natural Resources Code|Title 2 - Public Domain|Subtitle C - Administration|Chapter 33 - Management of Coastal Public Land|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 33.003. Short Title

Sec. 33.003.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Coastal Public Lands Management Act of 1973.|Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2383, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.|