Texas Natural Resources Code 31.0672 – Authority to Conduct Certain Real Property Transactions
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(a) The division may directly sell to a political subdivision or a development corporation organized under Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code, any real property owned by the state that the legislature has authorized or the governor has approved for sale under Subchapter E if the commissioner determines the sale is in the best interest of the state.
(b) The governor must approve any sale of real property under this section. Failure of the governor to approve the sale constitutes a veto of the transaction.
Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 31.0672
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
(c) A sale of real property under this chapter must be for market value and under other terms and conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best interest of the state.