Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.079 · Subchapter C. SALE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ASYLUM LAND
TRANSFERS GENERALLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An owner of public school land purchased from the state may sell the land or a definite portion of the land in any size tract.
(b) If land to be sold is separated from another portion of land but is not sufficiently designated by metes and bounds in the papers offered to be filed so that it may be identified with certainty, the commissioner shall require that proper field notes accompany the papers before he files them and separates the land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2425, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 21, eff. June 18, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm
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