Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 11.084 — SCHOOL LAND BOARD APPROVAL OF PATENT FOR INTEREST IN LAND RELEASED BY STATE

NR § 11.084Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part A. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Ch. 11. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN · Art. D. REGULATION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

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(a)The School Land Board may approve a tract of land for patenting to release all or part of the state's interest in land, excluding mineral rights, if the board:

(1)finds that:

(A)the land is surveyed, unsold, permanent school fund land according to the records of the land office;

(B)the land is not patentable under the law in effect before January 1, 2002; and

(C)the person claiming title to the land:

(i)holds the land under color of title;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 310, Sec. 1, eff. Nov. 6, 2001.