(a) These sections are intended to provide orderly and efficient procedures for the General Land Office to determine whether a person applying for patenting to release all or a part of the state's interest in land, excluding mineral rights, substantially meets the criteria for issuance of a patent under §11.084 of the Natural Resources Code.
(b) These procedures shall apply to the initiation, review, and determination of whether a person substantially meets the criteria for issuance of a patent under §11.084 of the Natural Resources Code.

Source Note: The provisions of this §1.90 adopted to be effective June 30, 2002, 27 TexReg 5522