Title NR, Natural Resources Code

Sec. 11.013. GULFWARD BOUNDARIES OF COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, OR VILLAGES. (a) The gulfward boundary of each county located on the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico is the Three Marine League line as determined by the United States Supreme Court. (b) The area in the extended boundar…

Sec. 11.0131. JURISDICTION OF HOME-RULE CITIES OVER SUBMERGED LANDS. (a) In this section: (1) "Coastline" has the meaning assigned by Section 11.013(c) of this code. (2) "State-owned submerged lands" means the state-owned submerged lands described by Section 11.012 of this code. …

Sec. 11.014. LAND ACQUIRED FROM OKLAHOMA. (a) Land acquired by the state in Oklahoma v. Texas, 272 U.S. 21 (1926) and subsequent orders of the United States Supreme Court relating to that case, is incorporated into the counties which are adjacent to the land, and the north and so…

Sec. 11.015. EXTENSION OF TEXAS-NEW MEXICO BOUNDARY. (a) The boundary lines of all counties in the Texas Panhandle that border on the New Mexico boundary line are extended by extending the north and south lines of certain counties west to the Texas-New Mexico line, which was esta…

Sec. 11.016. LAND ACQUIRED FROM MEXICO IN 1933. (a) The State of Texas recognizes the provisions of 54 Stat. 21 (1940) and accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal jurisdiction over all of certain parcels or tracts of land lying adjacent to the territory of…

Sec. 11.017. CHAMIZAL AREA. (a) The State of Texas accepts as part of its territory and assumes civil and criminal jurisdiction over the tract of land lying adjacent to the State of Texas which was acquired by the United States of America from the United Mexican States under the …

Sec. 11.018. CESSION OF CERTAIN EL PASO LAND. (a) To facilitate the project for rectification of the Rio Grande in the El Paso-Juarez Valley under the convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican States signed February 1, 1933, without cost to the state,…

Sec. 11.041. PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND. (a) In addition to land and minerals granted to the permanent school fund under the constitution and other laws of this state, the permanent school fund shall include: (1) the mineral estate in river beds and channels; (2) the mineral estate in…

Sec. 11.042. ASYLUM FUND. The 400,000 acres of land set apart for the various asylums in equal portions of 100,000 acres for each by act of the legislature, approved August 30, 1856, is recognized and set apart to provide a permanent fund for the support, maintenance, and improve…

Sec. 11.043. UNIVERSITY FUND. After payment of the amount due to the permanent school fund for proceeds from the sale of the portion of the public land set aside for payment of the public debt by act of the legislature in 1879 and payment directed to be made to the permanent scho…

Sec. 11.071. RECOVERY OF VALUE OF MINERALS AND TIMBER. (a) At least semiannually, the commissioner and the county attorney of each county shall report to the attorney general the name and address of each person who has taken any minerals or other property of value from public lan…

Sec. 11.072. FENCES WITH AND WITHOUT GATES. (a) A person who has used any of the pasture land by joining fences or otherwise and who builds or maintains more than three miles lineal measure of fences running in the same general direction without a gate in it shall be fined not le…

Sec. 11.073. DEFINITION OF FENCING. In Sections 11.074 and 11.075 of this code, "fencing" means the erection of any structure of wood, wire, wood and wire, or any other material, whether it encloses land on all sides or only one or more sides, which is intended to prevent the pas…

Sec. 11.074. HERDING AND LINE-RIDING. (a) No owner of stock, manager, agent, employee, or servant may fence, use, occupy, or appropriate by herding or line-riding any portion of the public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools or asylums unless he obtains …

Sec. 11.075. APPROPRIATION OF LAND BY FENCING. (a) Unless a lease for the land is obtained, any appropriation of public land of the state or land which belongs to the public schools and asylums by fencing or by enclosures consisting partly of fencing and partly of natural obstacl…

Sec. 11.076. UNLAWFUL ENCLOSURES. (a) If the governor is credibly informed that any portion of the public land or the land which belongs to any of the special land funds has been enclosed or that fences have been erected on the land in violation of law, he may direct the attorney…

Sec. 11.077. SUIT AGAINST ADVERSE CLAIMANT. If any public land is held, occupied, or claimed adversely to the state or to any fund of the state by any person or if land is forfeited to the state for any reason, the attorney general shall file suit for the land, for rent on the la…

Sec. 11.078. VENUE. A suit brought under the provisions of Section 11.076 or Section 11.077 of this code shall be brought in the county in which the land or any part of the land is located. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2354, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Sec. 11.079. ACCESS TO LAND. (a) The state, a permittee of the state, or a lessee or assignee of state land or minerals dedicated to the permanent school fund may exercise the power of eminent domain to obtain an easement whenever it is necessary to enter or cross the land of ano…

Sec. 11.0791. OTHER PROVISIONS REGARDING ACCESS TO STATE LANDS. When a state governmental entity sells state land, the entity shall require that the state have the right of ingress and egress to remaining state land in the immediate area by an easement to a public thoroughfare. A…

Sec. 11.080. DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PERSONALTY. When access to any land is obtained by the state under Section 11.079 of this code, the state shall be liable to the property owner to the same extent that any private easement holder would be held liable for the use of access acros…

Sec. 11.081. RULES. The General Land Office of the State of Texas shall promulgate and enforce rules governing the construction, maintenance, and use of roads created by access granted under Section 11.079 of this code. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 3…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 11.083. RETENTION OF MINERAL RIGHTS. The state shall retain the mineral rights to state land that is sold unless it is impractical to do so. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 11.084. SCHOOL LAND BOARD APPROVAL OF PATENT FOR INTEREST IN LAND RELEASED BY STATE. (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 la…

Sec. 11.085. PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR PATENT FOR INTEREST IN LAND RELEASED BY STATE. (a) A person claiming title to land may apply for a patent under Section 11.084 by filing with the commissioner an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The claimant must attach…

Sec. 11.086. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO PURCHASE, SALE, OR DEVELOPMENT OF REAL PROPERTY. (a) Information relating to the development, location, purchase price, or sale price of real property developed, purchased, or sold by or for the School Land Board, Vet…