Transportation Code § 202.025

Sec. 202.025. EXECUTION OF DEED: METHOD. The governor, on the recommendation of the commission, may execute a deed relinquishing and conveying under this subchapter the state's interest in real property as follows: (1) if the state's title was acquired by donation, convey to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or assigns; (2) if the state's title was acquired by purchase by a county or municipality, convey to the county or municipality, or to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or assigns at the request of the county or municipality; (3) if the interest conveyed to the state is only the right to use the property, convey to the owner of the fee in the property; (4) if the interest in the property was acquired and held by a county or municipality in its own name for use by the state, quitclaim to the county or municipality any interest that might have accrued to the state by use of the property; (5) if there is no record title to the property, quitclaim any interest that might have accrued to the state by use of the property to the county or municipality where the property is located or to abutting property owners at the request of the county or municipality; or (6) if necessary to comply with a reversionary clause contained in the instrument that originally conveyed the interest to the state, quitclaim the state's interest. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.