Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.0551
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.0551, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 51.0551.
Official statutory text
Sec. 51.0551. LISTS OF PUBLIC LAND OFFERED FOR SALE: CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (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.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
(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.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
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