Texas Natural Resources Code - Section 51.020. Refunds
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§ 51.020. REFUNDS. (a) On presentation of proper proof,
money paid in good faith to a fund in the State Treasury for public
land or by a lessee of public land or minerals to which the fund is
not entitled may be offset or credited by the commissioner against
other sums owing or shall be refunded by the comptroller in the
following instances:
(1) if an error is made in good faith and the refund,
stating to whom payment is to be made, is supported by the official
signature of the commissioner or the attorney general;
(2) if the payment is made according to law but title
cannot issue or possession cannot pass because of a conflict in
boundaries, an erroneous sale, an erroneous lease, or other cause;
(3) if there is a sale of leased land;
(4) if lease money is paid on a previous forfeited sale
and the sale has been reinstated and the interest paid;
(5) if erroneous timber sales or leases have been
made;
(6) if overpayments have been made in final payments
to the comptroller because of decreased acreage or other cause;
(7) if reduction has been made in acreage of timber
sold or leased; or
(8) if payments are made in good faith by claimants of
land where the applicants have no right to purchase the land as
revealed by investigation of title.
(b) After specific appropriations are made according to
law, refunds shall be paid from the funds to which the payments have
been credited.
(c) Any claim for refund except a refund covered by
Subdivision (1) of Subsection (a) of this section shall be
certified by the commissioner, verified by the affidavit of the
claimant, and approved by the attorney general as to the
correctness and as to whom the refund is due.
(d) In the event of a failure of title or right of
possession, money paid by any purchaser or lessee who subsequently
sells the land or assigns the lease shall be refunded to the person
on whom the loss falls.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2419, ch. 871, art. I, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1977. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, § 5, eff. Aug.
26, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, § 14.03, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Section: 51.013 51.014 51.015 51.016 51.017 51.018 51.019 51.020 51.051 51.052 51.054 51.0551 51.056 51.057 51.058
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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