The Texas General Land Office ( GLO ) is a state agency of the U.S. state of Texas , responsible for managing lands and mineral rights properties that are owned by the state. The GLO also manages and contributes to the state's Permanent School Fund . The agency is headquartered in the Stephen F. Austin State Office Building in Downtown Austin .
10-446: General Land Office may refer to: Government [ edit ] Texas General Land Office , state agency (1836–Present) United States General Land Office , federal agency (1812–1946) See also [ edit ] Category:Land offices , individual land office buildings Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
20-530: Is Dawn Buckingham , who was elected on 8 November 2022. Submerged Lands Act The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 is a U.S. federal law that recognized the title of the states to submerged navigable lands within their boundaries at the time they entered the Union. They include navigable waterways, such as rivers , as well as marine waters within the state's boundaries, generally three geographical miles (almost exactly 3 nautical miles or 5.6 kilometres) from
30-512: Is to manage Texas's publicly owned lands , by negotiating and enforcing leases for the use of the land, and sometimes by making sales of public lands. Royalties and proceeds from land sales are added to the state's Permanent School Fund , which helps to fund public education within the state. The agency is also responsible for keeping records of land grants and titles and for issuing maps and surveys of public lands. The agency also manages federal disaster recovery grant funding. Since 2011
40-773: The GLO has managed The Alamo in San Antonio . The management of The Alamo was transferred to the General Land Office after allegations of mismanagement were directed at the prior manager, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas . The Congress of the Republic of Texas established the General Land Office on 22 December 1836 (making the GLO the oldest existing Texas public agency). The agency's constitutional purpose
50-647: The State of Texas was annexed into the United States in 1845, it kept control of all of its public lands from its time as a sovereign state. As a result, Texas is the only public land state in the US to control all of its own public lands; all federal lands in Texas were acquired by purchase (e.g. military bases ), donation (e.g. national parks ) or eminent domain. Texas's public lands were significantly enlarged by
60-608: The US Submerged Lands Act of 1953 and the resolution of the ensuing Tidelands Controversy. Because Texas's historical territorial waters originated with the Republic, the US Supreme Court ruled in the 1960 case United States v. Louisiana that Texas was in the unique position of owning territory out to three leagues (9 geographical miles which is nearly exactly 9 nautical miles, 10.35 statute miles, 16.66 km) from its coastline (significantly more than
70-720: The coastline. The Submerged Lands Act of 1953 was immediately followed by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act . Under the latter, the Secretary of the Interior is responsible for the administration of mineral exploration and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (O.C.S.). The Secretary of the Interior is empowered to grant leases to the highest qualified responsible bidder and to formulate regulations as necessary to carry out
80-613: The three geographical miles controlled by other coastal states). All of these lands (and the oil and gas deposits beneath them) are managed by the General Land Office. The head of the General Land Office is the Texas Land Commissioner, a statewide public official. Since a 1972 constitutional amendment , Texas state-wide officers–including the Commissioner–have been elected every four years, prior to which they were elected every two years. The current land commissioner
90-518: The title General Land Office . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Land_Office&oldid=1194655053 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Texas General Land Office The General Land Office's main role
100-701: Was to "superintend, execute, and perform all acts touching or respecting the public lands of Texas." Since its establishment the agency has been located in Austin , although a relocation to Houston was briefly attempted during the Texas Archive War . One former home of the GLO, the Old Land Office Building , is a registered historic place and now serves as the Texas State Capitol Visitor Center. When
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