State agencies and political subdivisions must notify the School Land Board before taking certain actions that may affect permanent school fund land.
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 delivered by certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the deputy commissioner of the asset management division of the General Land Office on or before the state agency's or political subdivision's formal initiation of the action. (b) The notice must: (1) describe the proposed action; (2) state the location of the permanent school fund land to be affected; and (3) describe any foreseeable impact or effect of the state agency's or political subdivision's action on the permanent school fund land. (c) An action taken by a state agency or political subdivision without the notice required by Subsection (a) of this section that affects state land dedicated to the permanent school fund is not effective as to permanent school fund land affected by the action. (d) In this section: (1) "Action" means: (A) formal adoption of an agency or political subdivision policy; (B) final adoption of an administrative rule; (C) issuance of findings of fact or law; (D) issuance of an administrative order in an administrative hearing; or (E) adoption of a local ordinance or resolution. (2) "Board" means the School Land Board. (3) "Initiation" means the commencement of the first phase of public consideration of a formal policy, rule, or ordinance, or a hearing undertaken by a state agency or political subdivision that is intended to result in final adoption of a formal policy, rule, or ordinance. (4) "Political subdivision" means a county, public school district, or special-purpose district or authority. (5) "State agency" means: (A) a department, commission, board, office, bureau, council, or other agency in the executive branch of state government other than the Texas Department of Transportation and the Railroad Commission of Texas; or (B) a university system or an institution of higher education as defined in Section 61.003, Education Code. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 991, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.