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 General Land Office.(4) "Land" means: (A) land dedicated to or acquired on behalf of the permanent school fund and the asylum funds under the constitution and laws of this state;(B) the mineral estate in areas within tidewater limits, including islands, lakes, bays, and the bed of the sea which belong to the state;(C) the mineral estate in river beds and channels; and(D) land owned by the state or held in trust for the use and benefit of the state or of a department, board, or agency of the state.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 32.001
Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1175, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/2009.Amended By Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, Sec. 1, eff. 8/26/1991.Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/1985 Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2377, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.