Section 51.402 - [See Note] Use Of Designated Funds(a) The board may use funds designated under Section 51.401 for any of the following purposes: (1) to add to a tract of public school land to form a tract of sufficient size to be manageable; (2) to add contiguous land to public school land; (3) to acquire, as public school land, interests in real property for biological, residential, commercial, geological, cultural, or recreational purposes; (4) to acquire mineral and royalty interests for the use and benefit of the permanent school fund; (5) to protect, maintain, or enhance the value of public school land and mineral or royalty interests on that land; (6) to acquire real property holdings ; (7) to pay reasonable fees for professional services related to a permanent school fund investment; or (8) to acquire, sell, lease, trade, improve, maintain, protect, or use land, mineral and royalty interests, or real property holdings , at such prices and under such terms and conditions the board determines to be in the best interest of the permanent school fund. (b) Before using funds under Subsection (a), the board must determine, using the prudent investor standard, that the use of the funds for the intended purpose is authorized by Subsection (a) and in the best interest of the permanent school fund. A determination by the board on the use of funds under this section is conclusive unless the determination was made as a result of fraud or obvious error.(b-1) The board may confer with one or more employees of the board or with a third party regarding an investment or potential investment in real estate, including the acquisition or potential acquisition of interests in real estate, to the extent permitted to the board of trustees of the Texas growth fund under Section 551.075, Government Code.(c)[Repealed by 2021 amendment.]Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 51.402
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 915,Sec. 13.001, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 875,Sec. 2.10, eff. 12/31/2022only if the State Board of Education incorporates the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation under Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Education Code, on or before that date.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 875,Sec. 2.05, eff. 12/31/2022 only if the State Board of Education incorporates the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation under Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Education Code, on or before that date.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 524,Sec. 8, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 493,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368, Sec. 5, eff. 6/15/2007.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1098, Sec. 8, eff. 6/18/2005.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 30, eff. 6/18/2003.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 900, Secs. 2, 3, eff. 9/1/2001Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 40.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.