• ♦Manual Notice 2023-1
• ►1. Disposition of Right of Way Interests No Longer Needed for Highway Purposes
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Types of Transactions
    • ♦Overview
  • ►3. Initial Procedures for all Dispositions
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Environmental Review
  • ►4. Sale of Right of Way (Fee Simple) No Longer Needed for State Highway Purpose to a GE under the Statutory Priority
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦ROW Division Headquarters
  • ►5. Transfer of Right of Way No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose to a GE with Waiver of Payment to the State
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦In Lieu of Future Maintenance
    • ♦GE Assumption for Public Road Purposes
  • ►6. Sale of Right of Way (Fee Simple) No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose to the Abutting Landowner(s)
    • ♦Overview
  • ►7. Sale of Right of Way (Fee Simple) No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose by Sealed Bid
    • ♦Sale by Sealed Bid
  • ►8. Disposition of Access Rights
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Completion of Transaction
  • ►9. Sale of Easements No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose to Underlying Fee Owner
    • ♦Overview
  • ►10. Exchange of Real Property Interests
    • ♦Overview
  • ►11. Disposition Without Consideration of Right of Way Interests No Longer Needed
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Disposition to Honor a Reversionary Clause
    • ♦Disposition to Correct an Error or Ambiguity
    • ♦Quitclaim of Right of Way
  • ►12. Closing Procedures and Map Notations
    • ♦Procedures
  • ►13. Proceeds from the Use or Disposition of Federally Funded Property
    • ♦Overview
• ►2. Disposition of Real Property Facility Sites No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Types of Transactions
    • ♦Overview
  • ►3. Sale of Site and Any Improvements No Longer Needed for a State Highway Purpose to a GE
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦TxDOT Written Recommendation
    • ♦Resolution from GE
    • ♦Conveyance of Property
    • ♦Completion of Transaction
  • ►4. Sealed Bid Sales
    • ♦Overview
    • ♦Procedures Prior to Bid Opening
    • ♦Bid Opening
    • ♦Review of Bids
    • ♦Bid Deposit Checks
  • ►5. Exchange of Real Property
    • ♦Overview
• ►3. Acquisition of Real Property Sites
  • ►1. Introduction
    • ♦Overview
  • ►2. Acquisition of Land for a Real Property Site
    • ♦Site Selection
    • ♦District Submission Requirements
    • ♦Appraisal
    • ♦Offer and Counteroffer
    • ♦Deed, Memorandum of Agreement, and Closing
  • ►3. Acquisition of Land for Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Disposal Area Sites
    • ♦Overview
• ▼4. Leasing
  • ►1. Overview
    • ♦Authority
    • ♦Assets Eligible for Lease
  • ►2. Types of Leases
    • ♦Descriptions
  • ►3. Leasing Policy
    • ♦Requests to Lease
    • ♦Term
    • ♦Survey
    • ♦Appraisal / Valuation
    • ♦Methods of Awarding Leases
    • ♦Preparation of Lease Forms
    • ♦Insurance and Bonds
    • ♦Lease Management
    • ♦Assignments and Subleases
    • ♦Lease Extensions and Amendments
    • ♦Rental Payments and Collection for Non-Payment

Chapter 4: Leasing

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Section 1: Overview

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Authority

TxDOT has authority to lease its real property assets, including but not limited to right of way, pursuant to the following:

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• Vernon’s Texas Codes Annotated (V.T.C.A.), Transportation Code, Section 202.052
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• Title 43 Texas Administrative Code (43 TAC), Sections 21.600 to 21.606
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• Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations (23 CFR), Sections 710.403 to 710.407
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• Texas Property Code, Title 4, Chapter 21, Subchapter E, Sections 21.101 to 21.103

The property interest to be leased must be leased for a purpose that is not inconsistent with applicable highway uses; the consideration for the lease must be at least fair market value; and the property interest to be leased must not be needed for a highway purpose during the term of the lease.

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Assets Eligible for Lease

Any real property asset or interest therein which will not be needed for highway purposes is eligible. Examples include:

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• right of way, including the airspace above, at, or below grade and which is either currently on the highway system or has recently been acquired for future improvements;
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• maintenance sites;
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• District sites;
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• office space; and
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• mineral interests.

TxDOT will not enter into a lease for any type of sign it regulates. The use under a lease must not create a safety hazard and must comply with all Federal, State, and local laws, codes, ordinances, rules, and regulations. All leases within right of way are subject to the statutory rights of public utilities and common carriers. Examples of uses under leases TxDOT has entered into include:

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• parking,
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• bridges,
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• landscaping and maintenance,
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• overhead conveyors, and
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• a wide range of commercial activities.