0000950123-11-029156.txt : 20110823 0000950123-11-029156.hdr.sgml : 20110823 20110325144311 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-11-029156 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110325 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PERMIAN BASIN ROYALTY TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000319654 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: OIL ROYALTY TRADERS [6792] IRS NUMBER: 756280532 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BANK OF AMERICA N A TRUST DEPARTMENT STREET 2: P O BOX 1317 NK OF TEXAS NA TRUST DEPT CITY: FT WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76102 BUSINESS PHONE: 8173906905 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1300 SUMMIT AVENUE SUITE 300 CITY: FORTH WORTH STATE: TX ZIP: 76102 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
[Bank of America, N.A. letterhead]
March 25, 2011
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
AND FACSIMILE
Mr. H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop 7010
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
     
Re:
  Permian Basin Royalty Trust
 
  Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
 
  Filed March 1, 2010
 
  Forms 10-Q for Fiscal Quarters Ended March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and September 30, 2010
 
  Filed May 6, 2010, August 4, 2010, and November 5, 2010
 
  File No. 001-08033
Dear Mr. Schwall:
     Reference is hereby made to that certain letter to you dated December 16, 2010 (the “Response Letter”) from Thompson & Knight LLP, counsel to us, Bank of America, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust. In connection with the Response Letter, we, as Trustee, confirm and acknowledge as follows:
  •   The Trustee is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing;
 
  •   Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Staff”) comments or changes to disclosure in response to Staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
 
  •   The Trustee may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
     Please direct any questions or additional comments regarding this letter to the undersigned at (214) 209-2444.
         
  Sincerely,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust
 		  
  By:   /s/ RON E. HOOPER    
    Ron E. Hooper   
    Senior Vice President