Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.173 · Subchapter E. SALE AND LEASE OF VACANCIES
DISPOSITION OF VACANT LAND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Vacant and unsurveyed public school land shall be located, sold, and leased under this subchapter, except:
(1) submerged lands within tidewater limits;
(2) all islands, flats, and emergent lands within tidewater limits;
(3) natural lakes; and
(4) riverbeds, including channels and islands in riverbeds, above tidewater limits.
(b) This subchapter does not alter or diminish the public domain status of the surface estate of riverbeds and channels and islands in riverbeds that are located above tidewater limits.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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