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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recording by a county clerk of certain documents |
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relating to the sale or lease of public school land. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.065, Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.065. NOTICE AND RECORD OF SALE. (a) The |
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commissioner shall send a written notice of the sale of a tract of |
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public school land to [notify] the county clerk of the proper county |
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that includes [of the sale of each tract of land,] the name and |
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address of the purchaser[,] and the price of the land. |
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(b) After receiving a notice of the [being informed of any] |
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sale of public school land, the county clerk shall record the notice |
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at no charge in the official public records of the county [enter in
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his books opposite the description of the land sold, the name of the
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purchaser and the date of the sale]. |
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(c) The notice of sale is a [and the book containing the
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entry are] public record [records]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.066(c), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) One copy of the land award shall be retained in the land |
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office, one [and the other] copy shall be sent to the purchaser, and |
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one copy shall be sent to the county clerk of the proper county to be |
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recorded at no charge in the official public records of the county. |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.176(c), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The county clerk shall mark the exact date and hour of |
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filing on the original and a duplicate copy of the vacancy |
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application and shall return a marked copy to the person filing the |
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application. The original shall be recorded in the official public |
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records of the county [a book kept for that purpose separate from
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the deed or real property records]. The failure to record a vacancy |
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application as provided by this subsection does not affect the |
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validity of the application filing. |
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SECTION 4. Section 12.0011, Property Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not apply to a notice of sale under |
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Section 51.065, Natural Resources Code, or a land award under |
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Section 51.066, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 5. Sections 51.065 and 51.066, Natural Resources |
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Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a sale of property that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. For the purposes |
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of this section, a sale of property occurs before the effective date |
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of this Act if the contract binding the purchaser to purchase the |
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property is entered into before that date. A sale of property that |
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occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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