By:  Ratliff                                                    S.J.R. No. 4  
	(In the Senate - Filed May 14, 2003; May 15, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 
May 20, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, 
Nays 0; May 20, 2003, sent to printer.)


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the legislature to 
require the sale of certain land dedicated to the permanent school 
fund.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 
adding Section 2C to read as follows:
	Sec. 2C.  (a)  The legislature may direct the School Land 
Board to approve a patent to release all of the state's interest in 
the land described by Subsection (b) of this section, excluding 
mineral rights, to a person holding the land under a contract for 
deed with the Veterans' Land Board on January 1, 1964, or an heir or 
assign of that person, in exchange for consideration in an amount 
determined by the School Land Board in consultation with the 
Veterans' Land Board.
	(b)  This section applies to the tract of land described as 
follows:  

that 35.686 acre tract in that certain Judgement under cause No. 
75–49, The Veterans Land Board of the State of Texas vs. Alice 
Christian, in the 4th Judicial District Court of Rusk County, Texas 
and in that certain judgement in Cause No. 55,765, State vs. Humble 
Oil, et al in the 98th District Court of Travis County, Texas; Said 
117.436 acre tract is also further described in that Contract of 
Sale to said GRANTEE(s) dated October 14, 1963, recorded in Volume 
782, Page 46, Deed Records of said County, Texas.
	(c)  This section expires January 1, 2006.                              
	SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition:  "The constitutional amendment to permit the 
legislature to require the sale of certain land dedicated to the 
permanent school fund."



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