Texas Education Code

§ 49.303 — PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION

ED § 49.303Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part I. SCHOOL FINANCE AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT · Ch. 49. OPTIONS FOR LOCAL REVENUE LEVELS IN EXCESS OF ENTITLEMENT · Art. G. DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION BY COMMISSIONER

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(a)Only the following property may be detached and annexed under this subchapter:

(1)a mineral property;

(2)real property used in the operation of a public utility, including a pipeline, pipeline gathering system, or railroad or other rail system; and

(3)real property used primarily for industrial or other commercial purposes, other than property used primarily for agriculture or for residential purposes.

(b)If a final judgment of a court determines that a mineral interest may not be annexed and detached as provided by this subchapter without an attendant annexation and detachment of the surface estate or any other interest in the same land, the detachment and annexation of a mineral interest under this subchapter includes the surface estate and each other interest in the land covered by the mineral interest.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subchapter G, Chapter 41 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.059, eff. September 1, 2019.