Section 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 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;(ii) holds the land under a chain of title that originated on or before January 1, 1952;(iii) acquired the land without actual knowledge that title to the land was vested in the State of Texas;(iv) has a deed to the land recorded in the appropriate county; and(v) has paid all taxes assessed on the land and any interest and penalties associated with any period of tax delinquency; and(2) unanimously approves the release of the state's interest.(b) This section does not apply to:(1) beach land, submerged or filled land, or islands; or(2) land that has been determined to be state-owned by judicial decree.(c) This section may not be used to: (1) resolve boundary disputes; or(2) change the mineral reservation in an existing patent.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 11.084
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 310, Sec. 1, eff. 11/6/2001.