None of the provisions of Sections 51.071 through 51.072 and 51.074 through 51.075 of this code shall prevent the state from instituting legal proceedings necessary:

1. (1) to enforce a forfeiture;
2. (2) to recover the full amount of principal and interest that may be owed to the state at the time the forfeiture occurred; or
3. (3) to protect another right to the land.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2424, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 18, eff. June 18, 2003.