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2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j. Grant of Filled in Land to City of Corpus Christi › Section 3.

Sec. 3. All exchanges of property, sales of property and conveyances thereof that may be made in the future by the City of Corpus Christi of property, within the area described in Section 1, that has been laid out and platted into lots, blocks or tracts for uses of private ownership as shown on a plat of the Bay Front Plan of said City of Corpus Christi, on file in the General Land Office of Texas and that may be necessary to adjust the titles and boundaries between the City and other owners are hereby authorized and said City of Corpus Christi is hereby empowered to make such exchanges, sales and conveyances;  and all such property as may be so exchanged, sold and conveyed, is hereby confirmed, relinquished and granted unto the respective assigns of the City of Corpus Christi, and to their heirs, successors and assigns forever, without limitation as to use thereof to be made by them.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j. Grant of Filled in Land to City of Corpus Christi › Section 4.

Sec. 4. The consideration for this land shall be paid to the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas for the benefit of the Permanent Public Free School Fund;  and a patent to said lands shall be issued to the City of Corpus Christi by the Governor and the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas.  Upon the payment of the said consideration and the issuance of said patent, the title of the City of Corpus Christi to the said lands shall become absolute, subject to the reservations herein made.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j. Grant of Filled in Land to City of Corpus Christi › Section 5.

Sec. 5. All mines and minerals, and the mineral rights including oil and gas are hereby specially reserved to the State under that part of said area described in Section 1, which has been filled, laid out and constructed for use by the City of Corpus Christi as streets, public drives, parks, boulevards, and seawall, and all minerals and mineral rights under the remainder of said land are hereby relinquished and released unto the City of Corpus Christi and its assigns.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j. Grant of Filled in Land to City of Corpus Christi › Section 6.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be and is cumulative of all former grants and authorities from the State of Texas to the City of Corpus Christi.
Acts 1945, 49th Leg., p. 391, ch. 253.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-1. Lease of Filled in Land by City of Corpus Christi › Section 1.

Sec. 1. All property transferred by the State of Texas to the City of Corpus Christi by the provisions of Chapter 253, Acts of the 49th Legislature, Regular Session, 1945, and Chapter 68, General Laws, Acts of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session, 1919, may be leased by the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi for such time and under such terms and conditions and for such purposes as determined by the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi to be to the best interest of the city, including the public purposes provided by Section 52-a, Article Iii, Texas Constitution, and Section 380.001(a), Local Government Code.  The governing body of the City of Corpus Christi shall lease such property in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the charter of the City of Corpus Christi for leasing lands owned by the city.
Acts 1957, 55th Leg., p. 488, ch. 235.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 988, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 1.

Sec. 1. The City of Corpus Christi is hereby authorized and given the power and authority to lease those certain submerged lands described in Section 4 herein and heretofore relinquished by the State of Texas to the City of Corpus Christi, to any person, firm or corporation, owning lands, land fill or shore area adjacent to the described submerged lands, without restriction as to public or private use thereof, upon whatever terms and conditions the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi deems proper, for any period or term not to exceed fifty (50) years.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 2.

Sec. 2. The rights and appurtenances vesting in a Lessee of the City of Corpus Christi in and to those submerged lands shall be limited only by such limitations as might be imposed in the lease which the City of Corpus Christi deemed proper and in the best interest of the City of Corpus Christi;  provided that any lease shall contain a provision prohibiting the Lessee, or assigns thereof, from erecting or maintaining thereon any structure or structures, such as buildings, with the exceptions of yacht basins, boat slips, piers, dry-docks, breakwaters, jetties or the like;  and provided further that the right to use the waters embraced by the lease shall be reserved to the public, though the boat slips, piers, dry-docks, and the like may be limited to the private use of the Lessee.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 3.

Sec. 3. The power and authority granted hereunder to the City of Corpus Christi with respect to the submerged lands described in Section 4 may be exercised only after local referendum election at which a majority of those qualified and voting favor approving the passage of the ordinance authorizing such lease.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 4.

Sec. 4. This Act pertains to a strip of submerged land having dimensions of 500 feet by approximately 2050 feet, having as its West line the East line of the C.G. Glasscock 22.39 acre tract (as such tract is reflected on the map or plat prepared by J.M. Goldston under his certificate of September 8, 1954, and being a survey of the C.G. Glasscock property attached as Exhibit "A" to exchange deed between the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the said C.G. Glasscock dated February 2, 1955, recorded in Volume 674, Page 193 of the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas);  having as its East line a line run parallel to and 500 feet East of (measured at right angles) the East line of the C.G. Glasscock 22.39 acre tract above referred to;  having as its South line an Easterly projection of the South line of the C.G. Glasscock 22.39 acre tract above referred to from the Southeast corner of said tract (identified by new 2" I.P.) to the point of intersection with the East line above referred to;  and having as its North line an Easterly projection of the center line of Buford Street commencing with a new 2" I.P. located at the intersection of the extension of the center line of Buford Street with the East line of the C.G. Glasscock 22.39 acre tract and continuing along a projection of said center line to the point of intersection with the East line of this tract as above defined.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 5.

Sec. 5. This Act shall not be construed to grant or convey to the City of Corpus Christi the title to any oil, gas or other mineral which was not already owned by the City of Corpus Christi at the enactment hereof.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421j-2. Lease by City of Corpus Christi of Submerged Lands Previously Relinquished to City by State › Section 6.

Sec. 6. If any laws or parts of laws are in conflict with the provisions of this Act, then the provisions of this Act shall control.
Acts 1961, 57th Leg., p. 1184, ch. 536.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k. Submerged Lands Across Nueces Bay and Pass Conveyed to State Highway Commission › Section 1.

Sec. 1. In order that the Texas Transportation Commission may have title to and control of the more or less submerged right of way necessary for the construction and maintenance of a proposed Causeway and its Approaches, across Nueces Bay and the Pass connecting Nueces Bay and Corpus Christi Bay in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, as described in Section 2 of this Act, and as shown on the right of way map on file in the Texas Department of Transportation at Austin, Texas, and entitled, Control 101-5 & 6 in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, Causeway across Nueces Bay and the Pass connecting Nueces Bay with Corpus Christi Bay on Highway U. S. 181 from Beach Drive in Portland, San Patricio County, and North Beach in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, the State hereby conveys title to and control of the submerged right of ways described in Section 2 of this Act, and as shown on the right of way map above stated, but no part of this Act is to be construed so as to interfere nor conflict with the rights and authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission, except that the Texas Transportation Commission shall have the full right and authority to take and use, at any time and in any quantity desired, any and all materials within the limits of these tracts, and is exempted from the payment of any and all compensation for any and all materials taken therefrom.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k. Submerged Lands Across Nueces Bay and Pass Conveyed to State Highway Commission › Section 2.

Sec. 2. Field Notes of a survey of 385.638 acres, more or less, of submerged lands and tidewater flats, and situated under the waters of Nueces Bay between Engrs. centerline Sta. 774/50 and Sta. 991/20, about Latitude 27° 51' North and Longitude 97° 22' West, taken from U.S.C. & G.S. Chart No. 1117, and being more particularly described as follows:
[Detailed description omitted.]
Acts 1947, 50th Leg., p. 162, ch. 101.
Sec. 1 amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(16), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-1. Conveyance of Lands to Widen State Highway No › Section 1.

Sec. 1. In order that the expansion and improvement program of the State Highway Commission may be carried forward in an orderly and expeditious manner the title to and control of that certain narrow strip of land consisting of six (6) separate tracts or parcels and being 4.89 acres, more or less, owned by the State of Texas and the Texas State College for Women, are hereby transferred and conveyed to the Texas Highway Commission for the widening and material improvement of State Highway No. 24 in Denton County, Texas, from North Locust Street in the City of Denton easterly to the Denton-Collin County Line, as shown on the right-of-way map on file in the State Highway Department at Austin, Texas, and more particularly described as follows, to wit:
[Detailed description omitted.]
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-1. Conveyance of Lands to Widen State Highway No › Section 2.

Sec. 2. The fact that the improvement and widening of State Highway No. 24 from a point on North Locust Street in the City of Denton easterly to the Denton-Collin County Line has been long delayed because of the inability of the State Highway Commission to obtain the right of way necessary for the widening and improvement of such Highway, creates an emergency and imperative public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three separate days in each House be suspended, and said Rule is hereby suspended, and this Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage, and it is so enacted.
Acts 1947, 50th Leg., p. 268, ch. 164.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-2. Submerged Right-of-Way Across Cayo Del Oso in Nueces County, Conveyance to State Highway Commission › Section 1.

Sec. 1. In order that the Texas Transportation Commission may have title to and control of the more or less submerged right of way necessary for the construction, reconstruction and maintenance of the Causeway and its Approaches across Cayo del Oso in Nueces County, as described in Section 2 of this Act, and as shown on the right-of-way map on file in the Texas Department of Transportation at Austin, Texas, and entitled Project ARMR 5A(1) Control 617-1-1, State Highway No. 358, Nueces County, from U. S. Naval Air Base on Encinal Peninsula to Junction with State Highway No. 286, the State hereby conveys to the Texas Transportation Commission title to and control of the submerged right of way described in Section 2 of this Act, and as shown on the right-of-way map above stated, but no part of this Act is to be construed so as to interfere nor conflict with the rights and authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission, except that the Texas Transportation Commission shall have the full right and authority to take and use, at any time and in any quantity desired, any and all materials within the limits of this tract, and is exempted from the payment of any and all materials taken therefrom;  provided, however, that all mineral rights, together with the right to explore for and develop same by directional drilling are reserved to the State of Texas.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-2. Submerged Right-of-Way Across Cayo Del Oso in Nueces County, Conveyance to State Highway Commission › Section 2.

Sec. 2. The conveyance hereby made shall consist of a tract of more or less submerged land and tidewater flats, situated under the waters of Cayo del Oso between Engineers centerline Station 130 + 32.8 and Station 169 + 54.0 of State Highway No. 358, said tract being a strip of land 1000 feet wide, 500 feet on each side of the centerline of this right-of-way survey which extends from the Flour Bluff Naval Station to Junction with State Highway No. 286, 3.65 miles south of Corpus Christi, said tract extending for a distance of 3921.2 feet, the centerline being more particularly described as follows:
[Detailed description omitted.]
Acts 1957, 55th Leg., p. 16, ch. 12.
Sec. 1 amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 22(17), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 1. Confirmation and Validation of Sale

Sec. 1. CONFIRMATION AND VALIDATION OF SALE.  The sale by the State of Texas to the City of Corpus Christi of 986.97 acres of land in Nueces County, known as Tract C, as shown on a map entitled Sheet No. 1, Laguna Madre, Subdivision for Mineral Development, dated November 1, 1948, and revised September 12, 1951, by addition of Cayo Del Oso Subdivision, which land is described by metes and bounds in that certain patent heretofore issued to said City, being Patent No. 158, Volume 29-B, dated June 11, 1959, is hereby in all things confirmed and validated so that all right, title and interest of the State of Texas in and to all of the land described in said patent, submerged and unsubmerged, shall be and is hereby relinquished, confirmed and granted unto the City of Corpus Christi, its successors and assigns, and such land shall be vested in the City of Corpus Christi subject only to the conditions, limitations and restrictions contained and imposed by the provisions of this Act, which shall entirely supersede the conditions and restrictions referred to in said patent.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 2. Reservation of Minerals and Mineral Rights to State for Permanent School Fund

Sec. 2. RESERVATION OF MINERALS AND MINERAL RIGHTS TO STATE FOR PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.  All minerals and mineral rights in, on and under said land are hereby reserved unto the State of Texas for the use and benefit of the Permanent School Fund, provided, however, that in the event of discovery of oil or gas in said land, drilling operations thereon shall be restricted so that not more than one well productive of oil or gas shall be drilled for each one hundred sixty (160) productive acres, and all operations at each such well shall be confined to an area or areas of four (4) acres at and including the well site.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 3. Conflict of Claims or Boundaries

Sec. 3. CONFLICT OF CLAIMS OR BOUNDARIES.  In the event of any conflict or claim of conflict between the boundaries of the tract of land described in such patent and the boundaries or claimed boundaries of previously validly titled land owned or claimed by private persons, the City of Corpus Christi is hereby authorized in its own behalf and as agent for the State of Texas to take proper action to resolve such conflict or claim of conflict, without cost or expense, however, to the State of Texas.  Without limiting the authority of said City otherwise herein granted or which it has by reason of its ownership, said City is hereby authorized to file suit in the name of the State of Texas to secure a judicial determination of said boundaries;  and said City is further authorized to establish the boundaries between the tract covered by said patent and any adjoining private owner or claimant by agreement, which boundary agreement or agreements shall be set forth in writing and shall be effective when approved by ordinance of said City adopted for such purpose.  In the event of any change in the boundaries of said tract as a result of judicial decree or by agreement in accordance herewith, corrected field notes of said tract shall be filed in the General Land Office and a corrected patent shall be issued to the City of Corpus Christi, its successors and assigns, subject to the provisions of this Act.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 4. Improvement of Land; Title to Land

Sec. 4. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND;  TITLE TO LAND.  The City of Corpus Christi, its agents or assigns shall improve such portions of the land covered by said patent or any corrected patent as such city, its agents or assigns, deems suitable and proper therefor.  Such improvement shall consist of the raising or filling to a height of at least three (3) feet above the level of mean high tide, except for such part as may be devoted to channels, canals, or waterways.  Title to any portion of such land (except that devoted to channels, canals, or waterways) that has not been so improved by filling to such height before July 1, 1977, shall revert to the State of Texas, and from and after that date neither said city nor its assigns shall have any right, title, claim, or interest to such portion which has not been so improved.  No title shall revert, however, to the State of Texas as to any portion or portions which are filled to such height before July 1, 1977, including portions which are devoted to channels, canals, or waterways appurtenant to or used in connection with any portion so improved.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 5. Powers of City to Convey or Retain Land; Other Powers

Sec. 5. POWERS OF CITY TO CONVEY OR RETAIN LAND;  OTHER POWERS.  Said city may retain all or any part of the land subject to this Act, and it may convey all or any part or parts of such land to others.  As to each tract or parcel of land which the city conveys to another or others, each such conveyance or conveyances shall:
(A) Contain a condition subsequent, which shall provide that such grantee or grantees shall by the date specified in the conveyance, which date shall in no event be later than July 1, 1977, improve the particular tract or parcel of land included in such conveyance to the extent that it will be filled to a height of at least three (3) feet above mean high tide, except for such portions thereof as may be devoted to channels, canals, or waterways.  If the date specified in the conveyance is a date prior to July 1, 1977, such condition subsequent shall provide that if said condition is breached, title to the tract or parcel of land covered by said conveyance that is not so improved (except for such portions as may be devoted to channels, canals, or waterways) shall revert to the City of Corpus Christi, and the right of reentry retained by said city in the conveyance shall be immediately exercised;  and said city may thereafter retain such portion or portions of such tract or parcel, or may convey such portion or portions in the same manner as provided above.  If the date specified in the conveyance is July 1, 1977, such condition subsequent shall provide if said condition is breached, title to such portion or portions of the tract or parcel of land covered by said conveyance that are not so improved (except for such portions as may be devoted to channels, canals, or waterways) shall revert to the State of Texas;
(B) Provide that such portion or portions of the tract or parcel of land covered by the conveyance which have been so improved, including such portions thereof as may be devoted to channels, canals, or waterways appurtenant to or used in connection with any portion so improved, shall, upon the written application to the City of Corpus Christi describing the improved area and the area devoted to channels, canals, or waterways appurtenant or used in connection therewith, be by the city by ordinance or resolution released of the condition subsequent and a proper recordable release shall be executed and delivered.  Any such ordinance or resolution of said city shall be binding upon all parties concerned, including the State of Texas, as to the making of the improvements in accordance herewith;  provided, however, that in the event the City of Corpus Christi conveys or leases all or any part of said land to any other person, persons, firms, corporation or entity of any nature, said city shall pay to the Texas Permanent Free School Fund a sum equal to one-half (1/2) of the reasonable market value thereof.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 6. Plans and Contracts for Improvements; Powers of City

Sec. 6. PLANS AND CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS;  POWERS OF CITY.  The City of Corpus Christi is hereby authorized to prepare or approve plans for the improvements covered by this Act, and to make and enter into such agreements or contracts relating to such improvements as in the judgment of the governing body thereof may be necessary or desirable, and such agreements or contracts may be with grantees or prospective grantees of all or any portion of the land subject to this Act, or other parties.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 7. Repealer

Sec. 7. REPEALER.  The land subject to this Act, as identified in Section 1 hereof, shall henceforth be held subject to the provisions of this Act and all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed or modified to the extent of such conflict.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421k-3. Sale of Land in Cayo Del Oso to City of Corpus Christi; Validation › Section 8. Law Cumulative

Sec. 8. LAW CUMULATIVE.  This Act shall be and is cumulative of all former grants and authorities from the State of Texas to the City of Corpus Christi.
Acts 1961, 57th Leg., p. 1089, ch. 489.
Sec. 4 amended by Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 91, ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1965;  Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 1414, ch. 392, Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 1971.
Sec. 5 amended by Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 91, ch. 34, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1965;  Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 1414, ch. 392, Sec. 2, eff. May 26, 1971.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 86 - Lands--Public › Chapter 7 - General Provisions › Article 5421l. Control of Certain Property in Austin Transferred to University Regents

From and after the effective date of this Act the control and management of, and all rights, privileges, powers and duties in connection with the property owned by the State of Texas and located on the west side of Red River Street between East Nineteenth and Eighteenth Streets, being the East One-half (1/2) of Outlot No. Sixty-three (63), consisting of Lots Eight (8), Nine (9), Ten (10), Eleven (11), Twelve (12), Thirteen (13) and Fourteen (14) of Division "E" of the City of Austin, Travis County, Texas, which were formerly vested in and exercised by the State Board of Control, shall be transferred to, vested in, and exercised by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas, and hereafter, the aforesaid property shall be used for the purposes and activities of The University of Texas.
Acts 1947, 50th Leg., p. 472, ch. 272, Sec. 1.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077h-3. Construction and Maintenance Work Within Park; Force Labor

After the effective date of this Act, the Wood County Commissioners Court, including the County Judge and each of the four (4) Commissioners representing the four (4) Commissioners Precincts of said County, are hereinafter granted the power and authority to employ the use of force labor, county owned equipment and technical help in any and all construction work after agreement with the State Parks Board, within the bounds of the Governor James Stephen Hogg Memorial Shrine Park, located in the City of Quitman, Wood County, Texas.  For the purpose of fulfilling the provisions of this Act, the Commissioners Court of Wood County will be authorized to remove underbrush, provide adequate drainage, construct driveways and to maintain sections of said Park all in accordance to the plans and specifications now in existence and to be outlined by the State Parks Board.  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to mean that the Commissioners Court of Wood County shall be required to perform work within the scope of this Act by the State Parks Board, but rather on a permissive and voluntary basis.
Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 985, ch. 460, Sec. 1.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 1. Board for Lease of State Park Lands Created

Sec. 1. BOARD FOR LEASE OF STATE PARK LANDS CREATED.  A Board is hereby created to consist of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, one (1) citizen of the state, appointed by the Attorney General with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve for a term of two (2) years, and the chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission, who shall perform the duties hereinafter indicated;  the Board shall be known as the "Board for Lease of State Park Lands."  The term "Board" wherever it appears hereafter in this Act shall mean the Board for Lease of State Park Lands.  This Board shall keep a complete record in writing of all its proceedings.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 2. Authority of Board

Sec. 2. AUTHORITY OF BOARD.  The Board hereinabove created is hereby authorized to lease to any person or persons, firm or corporation subject to, and as provided for in this Act, for prospecting, or exploring for and mining, producing, storing, caring for, transporting, preserving and disposing of the oil and/or gas therein to all lands or parcels of same included in the following State Parks, to wit:  Abilene State Park, Balmorhea State Park, Bastrop State Park, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Buescher State Park, Big Spring State Park, Blanco State Park, Bonham State Park, Caddo Lake State Park, Cleburne State Park, Daingerfield State Park, Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Griffin State Park, Fort Parker State Park, Old Fort Parker State Park, Frio State Park, Garner State Park, Goose Island State Park, Huntsville State Park, Inks Lake State Park, Jim Hogg State Park, Kerrville State Park, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, Longhorn Cavern State Park, MacKenzie State Park, Meridian State Park, Mineral Wells State Park, Mother Neff State Park, Palmetto State Park, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Possum Kingdom State Park, San Jose Mission State Park, Stephen F. Austin State Park, Thirty-sixth Division State Park, Tyler State Park, Independence State Park, Barreda State Park, Jeff Davis State Park, Katemcy State Park, Love's Lookout State Park, Robinson State Park, Tips State Park, Fannin State Park, Goliad State Park, Gonzales State Park, Kings State Park, Governor James Stephen Hogg Memorial Shrine, Lipantitlan State Park, Acton State Park, and Monument Hill State Park.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 3. Survey and Subdivision; Abstracts of Title

Sec. 3. SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION;  ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.  The Board is hereby authorized to cause State Park lands to be surveyed and subdivided into such lots or blocks as will be conducive or convenient to facilitate the advantageous sale of oil and/or gas leases thereon and identify such lots and blocks by permanent markings on the ground, and to make such maps and plats as may be thought necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.  The Board shall forthwith obtain authentic abstracts of title to such State Park lands, and cause same to be examined by the Attorney General who shall file written opinions thereon, and said Board shall take such steps as may be necessary to perfect a merchantable title to such lands in the State of Texas.  Such Abstracts of Title and the Attorney General's opinion thereon shall be held on file in the General Land Office as public documents for the inspection of any prospective purchasers of oil and gas leases on said lands.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 4. Advertisement for Bids

Sec. 4. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS.  Whenever, in the opinion of the Board, there shall be such a demand for the purchase of oil and/or gas leases on any lot or tract of said land as will reasonably insure an advantageous sale, the Board shall place such oil and gas in said land on the market in such blocks or lots as the Board may designate.  It shall cause to be advertised a brief description of the land from which the oil and gas is proposed to be sold, and that sealed bids for the purchase of said oil and/or gas by lease will be opened at designated day, at ten o'clock a.m. that day, and that sealed bids received up to that time will be considered.  Said advertisements shall be made:
(a) By insertion in two or more papers of general circulation in this State.
(b) By mailing a copy thereof to the county clerk and county judge of every county in this State in which an advertised area may be situated.
(c) In addition to the two foregoing the Board may in its discretion cause advertisement to be placed in oil and gas journals in and out of the State, and to be mailed generally to such persons as they think might be interested.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 5. Bidding

Sec. 5. BIDDING.  All bids shall be directed to the said Board in care of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, and shall be retained by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, until the day designated for the opening of bids, and upon that day the said Board, or a majority of its members, shall open said bids and shall list and file and register all bids and money received.  A separate bid shall be made for each whole survey or subdivision thereof.  No bid shall be accepted which offers a royalty of less than one-eighth (1/8th) of the gross production of oil and/or gas in the land bid upon, and this minimum royalty may be increased at the discretion of the Board, all members concurring, before the promulgation of the advertisement of the land.  Every bid shall carry the obligation to pay an amount not less than One Dollar ($1) per acre for delay in drilling, such amount to be fixed by the Board in advance of the advertisement, and which shall be paid every year for five (5) years, unless in the meantime production in paying quantities is had upon the land.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 6. Payments Accompanying Bids; Requisites of Bids

Sec. 6. PAYMENTS ACCOMPANYING BIDS;  REQUISITES OF BIDS.  Every bid shall be accompanied by a payment equal to the minimum price fixed on the land per acre for the delay in drilling if the bid is accepted.  The bid shall further indicate the royalty the bidder is willing to pay, which royalty shall not be less than one-eighth (1/8th) of the gross production.  The bid shall further name such amount as the bidder may be willing to pay in addition to the royalty and in the annual payment herein provided for, and shall be accompanied by cash or checks collectable in Austin to cover said amounts.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 7. Lease or Sale

Sec. 7. LEASE OR SALE.  If any one of the bidders shall have offered a reasonable and proper price therefor, and less than the price fixed by the Board, the lands advertised, or any whole survey or subdivision thereof, may be leased for oil and/or gas purposes under the terms of this Act, and such regulations as the Board may prescribe, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.  If after any bidding by sealed bids the Board should reject all bids, as it is hereby authorized to do, it may thereafter offer for sale and sell the oil and/or gas in said lands, in separate whole surveys only or subdivisions thereof, by open public auction at a price less than the price offered by the sealed bids.  All bids may be rejected.  In the event of no sale at public auction, any subsequent procedure for the sale of said oil and gas leases shall be in the manner above provided.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 8. Filing Bids; Discontinuance of Yearly Payments; Termination of Lease

Sec. 8. FILING BIDS;  DISCONTINUANCE OF YEARLY PAYMENTS;  TERMINATION OF LEASE.  If the Board shall determine that a satisfactory bid has been received for said oil and gas, it shall be filed in the General Land Office.  Whenever the royalties shall amount to as much as the yearly payment as fixed by the Board, the yearly payment may be discontinued.  If before the expiration of three (3) years oil and/or gas shall not have been produced in paying quantities, the lease shall terminate.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 9. Rentals Not Payable During Drilling Operations; Discovery of Oil or Gas

Sec. 9. RENTALS NOT PAYABLE DURING DRILLING OPERATIONS;  DISCOVERY OF OIL OR GAS.  If during the term of any lease issued under the provisions of this Act the lessee shall be engaged in actual drilling operations for the discovery of oil and/or gas on land covered by any such lease, no rentals shall be payable as to the tract on which such operations are being conducted so long as such operations are proceeding in good faith;  and in the event oil or gas is discovered in paying quantities on any tract of land covered by any such lease, then the lease as to such tract shall remain in force so long as oil or gas is produced in paying quantities from such tract.  In the event of the discovery of oil and/or gas on any tract covered by a lease issued hereunder or on any land adjoining same, the lessee shall conduct such operations as may be necessary to prevent drainage from the tract covered by such lease to properly develop the same.  Failure to comply with the obligations provided by this Section shall subject the holder of the lease to penalties provided in Sections 12 and 13 of this Act.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 10. Duration of Rights; Assignment; Pipe Lines, Telephone Lines and Roads

Sec. 10. DURATION OF RIGHTS;  ASSIGNMENT;  PIPE LINES, TELEPHONE LINES AND ROADS.  Title to all rights purchased may be held by the owners so long as the area produces oil and gas in paying quantities.  All rights purchased may be assigned in quantities of not less than forty (40) acres, unless there be less than forty (40) acres remaining in any survey, in which case such lesser area may be so assigned.  All assignments shall be filed in the General Land Office within one hundred (100) days after the date of the first acknowledgment thereof, accompanied by ten cents (10¢) per acre for each acre assigned, and if not so filed and payment made, the assignment shall be ineffective.  All rights to any whole survey and to any assigned portion thereof may be relinquished to the State at any time by having an instrument of relinquishment recorded in the county or counties in which the area may be situated, and filed in the Land Office accompanied with One Dollar ($1) for each area assigned but such assignment shall not relieve the owner of any past due obligations theretofore accrued thereon.  The Board shall authorize the laying of pipe line, telephone line, and the opening of such roads over State Park Lands as may be deemed reasonably necessary for and incident to the purposes of this Act.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 11. Payment of Royalty and Bonus; Sworn Statement; Inspection of Books and Accounts

Sec. 11. PAYMENT OF ROYALTY AND BONUS;  SWORN STATEMENT;  INSPECTION OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS.  Royalty and bonus as stipulated in the sale shall be paid to the General Land Office at Austin, Texas, for the benefit of the State Park Development Fund on or before the last day of each month for the preceding month during the life of the rights purchased, and it shall be accompanied by the sworn statement of the owner, manager or other authorized agent showing the gross amount of oil produced and saved since the last report and the amount of gas produced and sold off the premises and the market value of the oil and gas, together with a copy of all daily gauges of tanks, gas meter readings, pipeline receipts, gas line receipts, and other checks and memoranda of the amounts produced and put into pipelines, tanks or pools and gas lines or gas storage.  The books and accounts, receipts and discharges of oil wells, tanks, pools, meters, pipelines, and all contracts and other records pertaining to the production, transportation, sale and marketing of the oil and/or gas shall at all times be subject to inspection and examination by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the Attorney General, or any member of the State Parks Board.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 11a. Disposition of Money Received

Sec. 11a. DISPOSITION OF MONEY RECEIVED.  It is expressly provided, however, that any royalty or bonus derived from those park lands operated by local park commissions with the advice and consent of the Board of Control shall be paid to the General Land Office at Austin, Texas to the credit of the State Park Development Fund, which fund is hereby created.  All moneys or sums so deposited to the State Park Development Fund shall be appropriated and expended by the Legislature.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 12. Protection From Drainage

Sec. 12. PROTECTION FROM DRAINAGE.  In every case where the area in which oil and/or gas sold shall be contiguous to or adjacent to land not State Park Land, the acceptance of the bid and the sale made thereby shall constitute an obligation on the owner thereof to adequately protect the land leased from drainage from adjacent lands.  In cases where the area in which the oil and/or gas is sold at a lesser royalty, the owner shall likewise protect the State from drainage from the land so leased or sold for lesser royalty.  Upon failure to protect the land from drainage as herein provided the sale and all rights thereunder may be forfeited by the Board in the manner elsewhere provided herein for forfeitures.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 13. Forfeiture of Lease; Damages; Specific Performance; Lien of State

Sec. 13. FORFEITURE OF LEASE;  DAMAGES;  SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE;  LIEN OF STATE.  If the owner of the rights acquired under this Act shall fail or refuse to make the payment of any sum due thereon, either as rental or royalty on the production, within thirty (30) days after same shall become due, or if such owner or his authorized agent should make any false return or false report concerning production, royalty or drilling, or if such owner shall fail or refuse to drill any offset well or wells in good faith, as required by his lease, or if such owner or his agent should refuse the proper authority to access to the records and other data pertaining to the operations under this Act, or if such owner, or his authorized agent, should fail or refuse to give correct information to the proper authorities, or fail or refuse to furnish the log of any well within thirty (30) days after production is found in paying quantities, or if any of the material terms of the lease should be violated, such lease shall be subject to forfeiture by the Board by an order entered upon the minutes of the Board reciting the facts constituting the default, and declaring the forfeiture.  The Board may, if it so desires, have suit instituted for forfeiture through the Attorney General of the State.  Upon proper showing by the forfeiting owner, within thirty (30) days after the declaration of forfeiture, the lease may, at the discretion of the Board and upon such terms as it may prescribe, be reinstated.  In case of violation by the owner of the lease contract, the remedy of the State by forfeiture shall not be the exclusive remedy but suit for damages or specific performance, or both, may be instituted.  The State shall have a first lien upon all oil and/or gas produced upon the leased area, and upon all rigs, tanks, pipe lines, telephone lines, and machinery and appliances used in the production and handling of oil and gas produced thereon, to secure any amount due from the owner of the said lease.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 14. Filing Papers; Payments; Appropriation and Expenditure

Sec. 14. FILING PAPERS;  PAYMENTS;  APPROPRIATION AND EXPENDITURE.  All surveys, files, records, copies of sale and lease contracts and all other records pertaining to the sales and leases hereby authorized on State Park Land under the control of State Parks Board, shall be filed in the General Land Office and constitute archives thereof.  Payment hereunder shall be made to the Commissioner of the General Land Office at Austin, Texas, who shall transmit to the Comptroller all bonus payments and royalty for deposit to the credit of the State Park Development Fund, and all rentals for delay in drilling and all other payments, including all filing assignments and relinquishment fees hereunder to the credit of the State Park Development Fund.  All moneys or sums so deposited to the State Park Development Fund shall be appropriated and expended by the Legislature for the development, improvement and maintenance of State Parks.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 14a. Park Lands Operated by Local Park Commissions

Sec. 14a. PARK LANDS OPERATED BY LOCAL PARK COMMISSIONS.  Provided, however, that all bonus payments, royalty payments, delay rentals and all other payments paid in connection with park lands operated by local park commissions with the advice and consent of the Board of Control shall be paid to the State Park Development Fund.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 15. Payment of Expenses

Sec. 15. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.  The expenses of executing the provisions of this Act shall be paid monthly by warrants drawn by the Comptroller on the State Treasury, and for that purpose the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000), or as much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated until September 1, 1951.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 103 - Parks › Article 6077o. Leasing for Oil and Gas › Section 17. Powers of Board

Sec. 17. POWERS OF BOARD.  The Board shall adopt proper forms and regulations, rules and contracts as will in its best judgment protect the income from lands leased hereunder.  A majority of the Board shall have power to act in all cases, except where otherwise herein provided.  The Board may reject any and all bids and shall have the further right to withdraw any lands advertised for lease prior to receiving and opening bids.  Any and all or parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Acts 1949, 51st Leg., p. 773, ch. 416.  Amended by Acts 1963, 58th Leg., p. 1138, ch. 442, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 23, 1963;  Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 914, ch. 400, Sec. 8, eff. June 8, 1967.
Sec. 14 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.58, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Sec. 15 amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 21.58, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
2023 Texas Statutes › Vernon's Civil Statutes › Title 105 - Partnerships and Joint Stock Companies › Chapter 2 - Unincorporated Joint Stock Companies › Article 6133. Suit in Company Name

Any unincorporated joint stock company or association, whether foreign or domestic, doing business in this State, may sue or be sued in any court of this State having jurisdiction of the subject matter in its company or distinguishing name;  and it shall not be necessary to make the individual stockholders or members thereof parties to the suit.
Acts 1907, p. 240.