Texas Natural Resources Code Title 2, Chapter 32 - School Land Board

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 32.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the School Land Board. (2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (3) "Land office" means the...
• Texas Section 32.002 - Application Of Chapter
  (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) land dedicated by the constitution or a law of this state to The University of Texas System,...

SUBCHAPTER B ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 32.003 - Application Of Sunset Act
  The School Land Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board...
• Texas Section 32.011 - Creation Of Board
  There is created a board to be known as the School Land Board. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2377, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 32.012 - Members Of The Board
  (a) The board is composed of: (1) the commissioner; (2) a citizen of the state appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of...
• Texas Section 32.0121 - Appointments Without Discrimination
  Appointments to the board shall be made without regard to the race, color, handicap, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees. Added by...
• Texas Section 32.0122 - Disqualification Of Lobbyists
  A person who is required to register as a lobbyist under Chapter 305 of the Government Code, by virtue of his activities for compensation in...
• Texas Section 32.0123 - Conflicts Of Interest Prohibited
  An officer, employee, or paid consultant of a statewide or national trade association in the oil and gas or mining industry may not be a...
• Texas Section 32.013 - Terms Of Appointed Members
  The members appointed to the board by the governor and the attorney general serve for terms of two years. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2377,...
• Texas Section 32.014 - Chairman Of The Board
  The commissioner serves as chairman of the board. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2377, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
• Texas Section 32.015 - Per Diem And Reimbursement
  Each citizen member of the board is entitled to receive a per diem allowance for each day spent in performing his duties and as reimbursement...
• Texas Section 32.016 - Board Meetings
  (a) When necessary, the board shall meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at a time and location to be designated by...
• Texas Section 32.017 - Secretary Of The Board
  (a) The board shall select a secretary from persons nominated by the commissioner. (b) The person selected as secretary shall be approved by a majority...
• Texas Section 32.0171 - Removal Of Board Member
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required...
• Texas Section 32.018 - Employment Of Geologist And Mineralogist
  The commissioner may employ a geologist and a mineralogist who shall be informed about minerals on land under the board's jurisdiction and activities under pending...
• Texas Section 32.019 - Board Employees
  (a) The commissioner may employ additional employees necessary for the discharge of the duties of the board. (b) Employees of the board shall be considered...
• Texas Section 32.020 - Minutes Of Board
  The board shall keep minutes which shall include a record of its proceedings and a docket on which the secretary shall enter matters to be...
• Texas Section 32.021 - Records And Proceedings As Archives
  The records and proceedings of the board shall be records and archives of the land office. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2378, ch. 871, art....
• Texas Section 32.022 - Inspection Of Minutes And Docket
  (a) On payment of the fees prescribed by law for examination of other land office records, the minutes and docket shall be subject to inspection...
• Texas Section 32.025 - Audit
  The financial transactions of the board are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. Added by Acts 1985,...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 32.026 - Policies On Public Hearings
  The board shall develop and implement policies that will provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the board and to speak on...
• Texas Section 32.061 - Board's General Duties
  Except as provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 51, of this code, the board shall: (1) set the dates to open received bids for the sale...
• Texas Section 32.062 - Adoption Of Rules And Collection Of Fees
  (a) The board shall adopt rules of procedure and rules for the sale, lease, and commitment to a contract for development of land as provided...
• Texas Section 32.063 - Duty To Advise Commissioner
  The board shall advise the commissioner regarding any matters submitted to it for that purpose. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2379, ch. 871, art. I,...
• Texas Section 32.064 - Survey Or Subdivision Of Land
  The board may have land surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks based on its determination of which method will be most conducive and...
• Texas Section 32.065 - Permits For Surveys Or Investigations
  If land other than public school land is not under a valid lease or committed to a contract for development, the board may issue a...
• Texas Section 32.066 - Easements
  (a) The board may grant easements of right-of-way on any land except: (1) unsold public school land; (2) the portion of the Gulf of Mexico...

SUBCHAPTER D SALE AND LEASE OF LAND

• Texas Section 32.067 - Marginal Property Royalty Rates
  (a) In this section: (1) "Barrel of oil equivalent" means 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas for each 42-gallon barrel of crude oil or a...
• Texas Section 32.101 - Applicable Law
  Land shall be offered for sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development subject to the terms and conditions provided by law. Sales and...
• Texas Section 32.104 - Appraisal Fee
  (a) The board shall charge applicants for the purchase of excess acreage and unsurveyed public school land an appraisal fee for appraising the acreage and...
• Texas Section 32.105 - Date For Opening Bids
  The date for opening bids for the sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development of land shall be: (1) the first or third...
• Texas Section 32.106 - Description Of Land
  The description of public school land offered for sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development shall be in accord with the description which...
• Texas Section 32.107 - Notice Of Sale, Lease, And Contract For Development
  (a) The board shall publish notice that the board will receive bids for the sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development of land...
• Texas Section 32.1071 - Lease Sales
  (a) The sale of oil, gas, or other mineral leases shall be by sealed bid or at public auction or through a combination of public...
• Texas Section 32.1072 - Minimum Royalty, Bonus, And Rental
  The board may not accept a bid on an oil and gas lease that offers: (1) a royalty of less than one-eighth of the gross...
• Texas Section 32.1073 - Fixing Royalty, Bonus, And Rental
  In offering land for lease under this subchapter, the board may: (1) set the royalty and rental and provide for bidding on a basis of...
• Texas Section 32.109 - Acceptance And Rejection Of Bids
  (a) For each tract offered for sale, lease, or commitment to a contract for development, the board must accept the best bid submitted that meets...
• Texas Section 32.110 - Special Sale Fee
  (a) On land sales and mineral leases made by the board, the purchaser or bidder is required to pay by separate check an amount equal...
• Texas Section 32.111 - Issuance Of Award Or Lease
  Each award or lease shall be issued by the commissioner according to the minutes approved by the board. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2380, ch....
• Texas Section 32.112 - Sale Of Tax Foreclosure Property
  (a) All real property or any interest in real property placed in the name of the state as a result of foreclosure of a tax...

SUBCHAPTER E CONDITIONS OF LEASES

• Texas Section 32.113 - Exemption From Certain Real Estate Transaction Laws
  (a) Unless the statute specifically states that the statute applies to the board, the following statutes do not apply to the board: (1) a statute...
• Texas Section 32.151 - Term Of Lease
  Each oil and gas lease shall be for a primary term not to exceed 10 years and for as long thereafter as oil or gas...
• Texas Section 32.152 - Assignment And Transfer
  A lessee may transfer or assign his lease at any time in the manner provided by Section 52.026 of this code. Added by Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 32.153 - Lease Relinquishment
  A lessee may relinquish his lease to the state at any time in the manner provided by Section 52.027 of this code. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 32.154 - Leases Subject To Laws, Orders, And Rules
  Drilling or mining operations for oil, gas, or other minerals and the production of oil, gas, or other minerals under a lease issued under this...
• Texas Section 32.155 - Rental And Royalty Payments
  (a) Each lessee or his assigns shall pay annual rentals and royalties as specified by the board. (b) Subchapter D, Chapter 52 of this code...
• Texas Section 32.156 - Forfeiture
  Each lease is subject to forfeiture by the commissioner under the conditions and in the manner provided by Section 52.176 of this code. Added by...

SUBCHAPTER F LEASE OF HIGHWAY LANDS

• Texas Section 32.157 - Special Accounts
  (a) Special funds are created in the State Treasury to be known as the Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Department of Corrections special...
• Texas Section 32.201 - Preferential Right To Lease Certain Land By Adjoining Mineral Owner
  (a) In this section, "mineral owner" means any person who owns the right to explore for, develop, and produce oil and gas from a tract...
• Texas Section 32.201 - Preferential Right To Lease Certain Land By Adjoining Mineral Owner; Allocation And Use Of Payments Received From Leasing Of Land Owned For County Road
  (a) In this section, "mineral owner" means any person who owns the right to explore for, develop, and produce oil and gas from a tract...
• Texas Section 32.2015 - Fund
  (a) The county road oil and gas fund is a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held and administered by the comptroller as...
• Texas Section 32.202 - Pooling
  Any oil and gas lease offered under Sec. 32.201 of this code shall provide: (1) authority for pooling all of the leased area into units...
• Texas Section 32.203 - Compensatory Royalty
  Compensatory royalty shall be paid to the state on any lease offered and granted under Section 32.201 of this code if the lease is not...
• Texas Section 32.204 - Lease Provisions
  Any lease offered under Section 32.201 of this code shall contain a sufficient description of the land to be leased to enable the tract to...
• Texas Section 32.205 - Rules
  The board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 327, Sec. 3, eff. June...
• Texas Section 32.206 - Ratifications And Other Agreements
  (a) The board may approve by rule or order a ratification or other agreement that includes in the benefits of production a mineral or royalty...

SUBCHAPTER G TRADE OF LAND

• Texas Section 32.207 - Advertising For Bids; Pooling
  Section 52.076 applies to oil and gas under land owned by this state that was acquired to construct or maintain a highway, road, street, or...
• Texas Section 32.251 - Authority Of Board, In Conjunction With Land Office, To Trade Land
  The Board, in conjunction with the land office, may trade fee and lesser interests in land dedicated to the permanent school fund for fee and...
• Texas Section 32.252 - Authority Of State Agency Or Political Subdivision To Sell Or Exchange Real Property
  (a) A State Agency Or Political subdivision may directly sell or exchange real property belonging to the state agency or political subdivision with the board...
• Texas Section 32.253 - Purpose Of Trade
  Land dedicated to or acquired for the use and benefit of the permanent school fund may be traded to: (1) aggregate sufficient acreage of contiguous...
• Texas Section 32.255 - Deed Required
  (a) A trade of land dedicated to the permanent school fund may be made only by a deed signed jointly by the commissioner and the...
• Texas Section 32.256 - Dedication Of Acquired Land To Fund
  Land acquired by the board by trade under this subchapter is dedicated to the permanent school fund. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276,...
• Texas Section 32.257 - Subsurface Mineral Rights
  (a) If this state retains the subsurface mineral rights to the oil, gas, and other minerals in permanent school fund land traded under this subchapter,...
• Texas Section 32.258 - Report To Legislature
  (a) The board shall report to the legislature a trade of land dedicated to the permanent school fund. The board shall report the trade at:...

Last modified: September 28, 2016