Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.068
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 51.068, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 51.068. FUND ACCOUNTS.
Official statutory text
(a) Payments of principal, interest, and lease rental shall be accounted for in a similar form but separate from first payments on land.
(b) The comptroller shall deposit 90 percent of the payments on land received each month to the probable fund to which the payments belong as indicated by the commissioner and shall hold the remaining 10 percent of the payments in the suspense account until the comptroller receives notice from the commissioner indicating the proper fund for the payments. After notice is received, the comptroller shall credit the full amount to the proper fund.
(c) The commissioner and comptroller shall keep an account with each fund according to advices given by them and shall retain the advices as permanent records.
(b) The comptroller shall deposit 90 percent of the payments on land received each month to the probable fund to which the payments belong as indicated by the commissioner and shall hold the remaining 10 percent of the payments in the suspense account until the comptroller receives notice from the commissioner indicating the proper fund for the payments. After notice is received, the comptroller shall credit the full amount to the proper fund.
(c) The commissioner and comptroller shall keep an account with each fund according to advices given by them and shall retain the advices as permanent records.
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