Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.178 · Subchapter E. SALE AND LEASE OF VACANCIES
DEPOSIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner may recover from the applicant state funds expended in evaluating and investigating the application, providing notice, preparing a survey, appointing an attorney ad litem, and conducting hearings under this subchapter.
(b) The commissioner shall require the applicant to submit a deposit in an amount sufficient to pay the reasonable costs under Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the application commencement date.
(c) If the amount deposited is insufficient, the commissioner shall require a reasonably necessary supplemental deposit. If a supplemental deposit is required, the applicant must make the deposit not later than the 30th day after the date the commissioner requests the supplemental deposit.
(d) An applicant may not challenge or appeal the amount of the required deposits, and the applicant's refusal or failure to make the required deposits in the period prescribed by this section terminates the application without prejudice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1418, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 33.01, eff. Jan. 11, 2004; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 33.02, eff. Jan. 11, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 874 (S.B. 1103), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
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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