{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.012","heading":"COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY.","body":"Subject to the authority of the board and to exceptions and restrictions that may be imposed by the constitution and laws of this state, the commissioner is vested with the authority necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter relating to the sale and lease of public school land and to the protection of this land from free use and occupancy and from unlawful enclosure.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2418, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2003.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN","CHAPTER 51. LAND, TIMBER, AND SURFACE RESOURCES","SUBCHAPTER B. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL AND ASYLUM LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.51.htm#51.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"9782c561ca72d4b436af68635d83a5d80d6c43a6da1698e26ecf56592831ee77","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-51.0125"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}