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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the authority of the School Land Board to designate | 
      
        |  | certain revenue for deposit in the real estate special fund account | 
      
        |  | of the permanent school fund. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 51.401, Natural Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), the [ The] board | 
      
        |  | may designate funds received from any land, mineral or royalty | 
      
        |  | interest, real estate investment, or other interest, including | 
      
        |  | revenue received from those sources, that is set apart to the | 
      
        |  | permanent school fund under the constitution and laws of this state | 
      
        |  | together with the mineral estate in riverbeds, channels, and the | 
      
        |  | tidelands, including islands, for deposit in the real estate | 
      
        |  | special fund account of the permanent school fund in the State | 
      
        |  | Treasury to be used by the board as provided by this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | (a-1)  The board may not designate revenue received from a | 
      
        |  | mineral or royalty interest, other than revenue received from the | 
      
        |  | sale of a mineral or royalty interest, for deposit in the real | 
      
        |  | estate special fund account of the permanent school fund. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |