
§ 11.082. NOTICE TO SCHOOL LAND BOARD.  (a) A state agency 
or political subdivision may not formally take any action that may 
affect state land dedicated to the permanent school fund without 
first giving notice of the action to the board.  Notice of the 
proposed action shall be delivered by certified mail, return 
receipt requested, addressed to the deputy commissioner of the 
asset management division of the General Land Office on or before 
the state agency's or political subdivision's formal initiation of 
the action.
	(b)  The notice must:                                                          
		(1)  describe the proposed action;                                            
		(2)  state the location of the permanent school fund 
land to be affected;  and
		(3)  describe any foreseeable impact or effect of the 
state agency's or political subdivision's action on the permanent 
school fund land.
	(c)  An action taken by a state agency or political 
subdivision without the notice required by Subsection (a) of this 
section that affects state land dedicated to the permanent school 
fund is not effective as to permanent school fund land affected by 
the action.
	(d)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Action" means:                                                          
			(A)  formal adoption of an agency or political 
subdivision policy;         
			(B)  final adoption of an administrative rule;                               
			(C)  issuance of findings of fact or law;                                    
			(D)  issuance of an administrative order in an 
administrative hearing;  or 
			(E)  adoption of a local ordinance or resolution.                            
		(2)  "Board" means the School Land Board.                                     
		(3)  "Initiation" means the commencement of the first 
phase of public consideration of a formal policy, rule, or 
ordinance, or a hearing undertaken by a state agency or political 
subdivision that is intended to result in final adoption of a formal 
policy, rule, or ordinance.
		(4)  "Political subdivision" means a county, public 
school district, or special-purpose district or authority.
		(5)  "State agency" means:                                                    
			(A)  a department, commission, board, office, 
bureau, council, or other agency in the executive branch of state 
government other than the Texas Department of Transportation and 
the Railroad Commission of Texas;  or
			(B)  a university system or an institution of 
higher education as defined in Section 61.003, Education Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 991, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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