Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 51.020 — REFUNDS

NR § 51.020Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part D. DISPOSITION OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN · Ch. 51. LAND, TIMBER, AND SURFACE RESOURCES · Art. B. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE

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(a)On presentation of proper proof, money paid in good faith to a fund in the State Treasury for public land or by a lessee of public land or minerals to which the fund is not entitled may be offset or credited by the commissioner against other sums owing or shall be refunded by the comptroller in the following instances:

(1)if an error is made in good faith and the refund, stating to whom payment is to be made, is supported by the official signature of the commissioner or the attorney general;

(2)if the payment is made according to law but title cannot issue or possession cannot pass because of a conflict in boundaries, an erroneous sale, an erroneous lease, or other cause;

(3)if there is a sale of leased land;

(4)if lease money is paid on a previous forfeited sale and the sale has been reinstated and the interest paid;

(5)if erroneous timber sales or leases have been made;

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Legislative history

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2419, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 642, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 14.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.