S.B. No. 214
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the transfer for consideration of certain
  fractional mineral interests held by the state to certain
  landowners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Natural Resources
  Code, is amended by adding Section 31.1582 to read as follows:
         Sec. 31.1582.  SALE OF CERTAIN MINERAL INTERESTS.  (a)  If
  the General Land Office receives from a landowner an offer to buy
  the state's interest in the mineral estate in real property to which
  the landowner holds title, the General Land Office may sell to the
  landowner, for fair market value, any fractional mineral interest
  held by the state that:
               (1)  is a fractional mineral interest of 1/32 or less;
  and
               (2)  is severed from a parcel of land that:
                     (A)  is 80 acres or less; and
                     (B)  is located in a county with a population of
  less than 11,000.
         (b)  This section does not apply to land under the management
  and control of the board of regents of a public or private
  institution of higher education.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 214 passed the Senate on
  April 12, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 214 passed the House on
  May 17, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor