Sec. 31.1573. REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNOR. (a) The land office shall take charge and control of real property as necessary to conduct and close a real estate transaction authorized by the governor.
(b) The expenses incurred by the land office in conducting a real estate transaction, including the payment of reasonable brokerage fees, may be deducted from the proceeds of the transaction before the proceeds are deposited. The land office may adopt rules relating to the payment of reasonable brokerage fees.
(c) Unless otherwise dedicated by the Texas Constitution, the proceeds of the transaction shall be deposited:
(1) to the credit of the Texas capital trust fund if the agency is eligible under Chapter 2201, Government Code, to participate in that fund;
(2) in the state treasury to the credit of the affected agency if the agency is not eligible under Chapter 2201, Government Code, to participate in the Texas capital trust fund; or
(3) notwithstanding Subdivisions (1) and (2), as otherwise directed under the procedures of Chapter 317, Government Code.
(d) The grant of an interest in real property owned by the state under this section must:
(1) comply with the requirements of Section 31.158 to the extent the requirements do not conflict with a recommendation in the governor's report under Section 31.1571; and
(2) be conveyed by an instrument signed by the commissioner and, if the transaction was conducted under Section 31.158(c)(7), by the governor.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1091, Sec. 16, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 3 (S.B. 903), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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