Texas Natural Resources Code 51.0551 – Lists of Public Land Offered for Sale: Criminal Penalties
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(a) A person, including a corporation or an association, commits an offense if he reproduces, prints, or prepares or sells or furnishes a printed, multigraphed, or mimeographed list prepared by or under the direction of the commissioner offering for sale or lease any state or public school land.
(b) This section does not prohibit the commissioner or land board from advertising in a newspaper or otherwise as is provided by law nor a newspaper or periodical from publishing the list in a regular issue as a news item.
Terms Used In Texas Natural Resources Code 51.0551
- 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.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.