78R5689 MI-F

By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 640



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notice to the State of Texas of a claim against the 
School Land Board.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 33.171, Natural Resources Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  The state is entitled to receive notice of a claim 
against the School Land Board under this subchapter not later than 
the 180th day after the day the incident giving rise to the claim 
occurred.  The notice must reasonably describe:
		(1)  the action of the board that affected the littoral 
owner's rights;
		(2)  the time and place of the board's action; and                     
		(3)  the nature of the claim, specifying, as 
applicable, the manner in which:
			(A)  the board's action affected the title to or 
boundary of coastal public land to the detriment of the littoral 
owner;
			(B)  the board's action affected an interest in 
land sought or granted under this chapter; or
			(C)  the board violated this chapter or a rule 
adopted by the board under this chapter.
	(d)  The notice requirement of Subsection (c) is a 
jurisdictional prerequisite to the institution of suit under this 
section regardless of actual notice, express or implied, to the 
board or the state.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The changes in law made by Sections 33.171(c) and (d), 
Natural Resources Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a suit 
against the School Land Board that is brought under Section 33.171 
on or after September 1, 2003.