Texas Constitution, April 2008 Page: 94
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Art. 7 Sec. 2B
(e) A patent issued under Subsection (d) shall include a provision reserving
all mineral interest in the land to the state.
(f) This section is self-executing. (Added Nov. 2, 1993; amended Nov. 6, 5
2001.)
Sec. 2B. AUTHORITY TO RELEASE STATE'S INTEREST IN LAND
HELD BY PERSON UNDER COLOR OF TITLE. (a) The legislature by law
may provide for the release of all or part of the state's interest in land, excluding
mineral rights, if:
(1) the land is surveyed, unsold, permanent school fund land according to
the records of the General Land Office;
(2) the land is not patentable under the law in effect before January 1, 2002;
and
(3) the person claiming title to the land: 5
(A) holds the land under color of title; 5
(B) holds the land under a chain of title that originated on or before January
1, 1952;
(C) acquired the land without actual knowledge that title to the land was
vested in the State of Texas;
(D) has a deed to the land recorded in the appropriate county; and
(E) has paid all taxes assessed on the land and any interest and penalties
associated with any period of tax delinquency.
(b) This section does not apply to: 5
(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.
(d) (Added Nov. 6, 2001; expired Jan. 2, 2002.) 5
Sec. 2C. RELEASE OF CLAIM TO CERTAIN LANDS IN UPSHUR
AND SMITH COUNTIES. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, the State of Texas relinquishes and releases any claim of sovereign
ownership or title to an interest in and to the tracts of land, including mineral
rights, described as follows:
Tract 1:
The first tract of land is situated in Upshur County, Texas, about 14 miles 5
South 30 degrees east from Gilmer, the county seat, and is bounded as follows:
Bound on the North by the J. Manning Survey, A-314 the S.W. Beasley Survey
A-66 and the David Meredith Survey A-315 and bound on the East by the M.
Mann Survey, A-302 and by the M. Chandler Survey, A-84 and bound on the South
by the G. W. Hooper Survey, A-657 and by the D. Ferguson Survey, A-158 and 3
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