Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1806 amends the Natural Resources Code to clarify and simplify the procedures for the identification, sale, and lease of vacant and unsurveyed public school lands. The bill authorizes the commissioner of the General Land Office to delegate certain responsibilities relating to the identification, sale, and lease of the land and requires the commissioner to advise the School Land Board on the value of the surface and mineral estates of vacant land. The bill requires the School Land Board to establish the terms and conditions for each sale and lease of a vacancy and establishes guidelines for the application process for purchasing or leasing vacant land, conducting a survey, investigating an applicant's claim of vacancy, and appealing the commissioner's final order on a piece of public school land.