Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 109.005. MANDATORY VENUE. (a) Venue for a suit filed against the board or a member of the board in the member's official capacity is in Lubbock County. (b) Venue for a suit filed against the Texas Tech University System, any component of the Texas Tech University System, or …

Sec. 109.051. EMINENT DOMAIN. The board of regents has the power of eminent domain to acquire land needed to carry out the purposes of the university system and the component institutions. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3259, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Transferred, r…

Sec. 109.052. RESIDENCES FOR CHANCELLOR AND PRESIDENTS. The board may purchase a house or may purchase land and construct a house suitable for the residence of the chancellor of the university system or a president of a component university. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3259, ch. 102…

Sec. 109.053. UTILITIES EASEMENTS. On terms, conditions, stipulations, and compensation as determined by the board, the board may convey, dedicate, or use any other appropriate method of conveyance to grant, convey, or dedicate rights, title, rights-of-way, or easements involving…

Sec. 109.054. MANAGEMENT OF LANDS. The board has the sole and exclusive management and control of lands set aside and appropriated to or acquired by the institutions under its governance. The board may lease, sell, exchange, acquire, dispose of, and otherwise manage, control, and…

Sec. 109.101. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY. Texas Tech University is a coeducational institution of higher education located in the city of Lubbock. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3259, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Transferred and redesignated from Education Code, Section 109…

Sec. 109.102. DORMITORIES: RULES AND REGULATIONS. The board may adopt rules and regulations it deems advisable requiring any class or classes of students to reside in university dormitories or other buildings. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3260, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,…

Sec. 109.103. MUSEUM. (a) The board may establish a history, science, and art museum. (b) The board may provide a building or any part of a building for the sole purpose of maintaining a history, science, and art museum. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3260, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, ef…

Sec. 109.104. DONATIONS, GIFTS, GRANTS, AND ENDOWMENTS. The board may accept donations, gifts, grants, and endowments for Texas Tech University to be held for the benefit of the institution and administered by the board. Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 720, ch. 166, Sec. 2, eff…

Sec. 109.105. APPLIED RESEARCH SITE AT FORMER REESE AIR FORCE BASE. A facility transferred to Texas Tech University from the Lubbock Reese Redevelopment Authority under Chapter 3501, Special District Local Laws Code, is not required to be included in a facilities inventory audit …

Sec. 109.151. MINERAL LEASES; DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS. (a) The board may lease for oil, gas, sulphur, or other mineral development to the highest bidder at public auction all or part of the lands under the exclusive control of the board owned by the State of Texas and acquired fo…

Sec. 109.152. MAJORITY OF BOARD TO ACT. A majority of the board has power to act in all cases under this subchapter except as otherwise provided in this subchapter. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1173 (S.B. 907), Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 2015.

Sec. 109.153. SUBDIVISION OF LAND; TITLES. (a) The board may have the lands surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks which, in its judgment, will be most conducive and convenient to an advantageous sale or lease of oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals in and under and …

Sec. 109.154. SALE OF LEASES; ADVERTISEMENTS; PAYMENTS. (a) Whenever in the opinion of the board there is a demand for the purchase of oil, gas, sulphur, or other mineral leases on any tract or part of any tract of land which can be reasonably expected to result in an advantageou…

Sec. 109.155. SEPARATE BIDS; MINIMUM ROYALTY; DELAY RENTAL. (a) A separate bid shall be made for each tract or subdivision of a tract. (b) No bid shall be accepted which offers a royalty of less than one-eighth of the gross production of oil, gas, sulphur, and other minerals in t…

Sec. 109.156. REJECTION OF BIDS; WITHDRAWAL OF LAND. The board may reject any and all bids and may withdraw any land advertised for lease. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1173 (S.B. 907), Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 2015.

Sec. 109.157. ACCEPTANCE; CONDITIONS AND PROVISIONS OF LEASE. (a) If, in the opinion of the board, the highest bidder has offered a reasonable and proper price for any tract, which is not less than the price set by the board, the lands advertised may be leased for oil, gas, sulph…

Sec. 109.158. ACCEPTANCE AND FILING OF BIDS; TERMINATION OF LEASE. (a) If the board determines that a satisfactory bid has been received for the oil, gas, sulphur, or other mineral lands, it shall accept the bid and reject all others and shall file the accepted bid in the general…

Sec. 109.159. AWARD AND FILING OF LEASE. If the board determines that a satisfactory bid has been received for the oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals, it shall make an award to the bidder offering the highest price, and a lease shall be filed in the general land office. Amended…

Sec. 109.160. EXPLORATORY TERM OF LEASE; EXTENSION; OTHER PROVISIONS. (a) The exploratory term of a lease as determined by the board prior to the promulgation of the advertisement shall not exceed five years, and each lease shall provide that the lease will terminate at the expir…

Sec. 109.161. EXTENSION OF LEASES. When in the discretion of the board it is deemed for the best interest of the state to extend a lease issued by the board, the board may by unanimous vote extend the lease for a period not to exceed three years, on the condition that the lessee …

Sec. 109.162. CONTROL OF DRILLING AND PRODUCTION. The drilling for and the production of oil, gas, and other minerals from the lands shall be governed and controlled by the Railroad Commission of Texas and other applicable regulatory bodies which govern and control other fields i…

Sec. 109.163. DRILLING OPERATIONS: SUSPENSION OF RENT; CONTINUANCE OF LEASE; DUTY TO PREVENT DRAINAGE. (a) If during the term of a lease issued under the provisions of this subchapter the lessee is engaged in actual drilling operations for the discovery of oil, gas, sulphur, or o…

Sec. 109.164. TITLE TO RIGHTS PURCHASED; ASSIGNMENT; RELINQUISHMENT. (a) Title to all rights purchased may be held by the lessee as long as the area produces oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals in paying quantities. (b) All rights purchased may be assigned. All assignments shall…

Sec. 109.165. PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES; RECORDS; REPORT OF RECEIPTS. (a) If oil, gas, or other minerals are developed on any of the lands leased by the board, the royalty as stipulated in the sale shall be paid to the general land office in Austin on or before the last day of each mo…

Sec. 109.166. PROTECTION FROM DRAINAGE; FORFEITURE OF RIGHTS. (a) In every case where the area in which oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals sold is contiguous or adjacent to lands which are not lands belonging to and held by the university, the acceptance of the bid and the sale…

Sec. 109.167. FORFEITURE AND OTHER REMEDIES; LIENS. (a) Leases granted under the provisions of this chapter are subject to forfeiture by the board by an order entered in the minutes of the board reciting the acts or omissions constituting a default and declaring a forfeiture. (b)…

Sec. 109.168. FILING OF DOCUMENTS AND PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES, FEES, AND RENTALS. (a) All surveys, files, copies of sale and lease contracts, and other records pertaining to the sales and leases authorized in this subchapter shall be filed in the general land office and shall consti…

Sec. 109.169. FORMS, REGULATIONS, RULES, AND CONTRACTS. The board shall adopt proper forms, regulations, rules, and contracts which, in its judgment, will protect the income from lands leased pursuant to this subchapter. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1173 (S.B. 907)…

Sec. 109.170. MANAGEMENT OF SURFACE AND MINERAL ESTATES. (a) The board may lease for oil, gas, sulphur, ore, water, and other mineral development all land under its exclusive control for the use of the university. The board may make and enter into pooling agreements, division ord…

Sec. 109.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Agency advisory council" means the agency advisory council created under Section 109.202. (2) "Consortium" means the Texas Produced Water Consortium. (3) "Fluid oil and gas waste" has the meaning assigned by Section 122.001, Nat…

Sec. 109.202. TEXAS PRODUCED WATER CONSORTIUM. The Texas Produced Water Consortium is a consortium consisting of the host university, the agency advisory council, the stakeholder advisory council, the technical and economic steering committee, and private entities. The consortium…

Sec. 109.203. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The agency advisory council is composed of representatives of the: (1) Department of Agriculture; (2) General Land Office; (3) Parks and Wildlife Department; (4) Railroad Commission of Texas; (5) State Energy Conservation Office; (6) Texas Commis…

Sec. 109.204. DUTIES. (a) The consortium shall study the economic, environmental, and public health considerations of beneficial uses of fluid oil and gas waste and technology needed for those uses. After October 1, 2022: (1) the research and investigation goals of the consortium…

Sec. 109.205. FUNDING. (a) The agency advisory council and the host university shall collaborate to create a fee structure that establishes membership costs at various levels for private entities that may contribute money to the consortium for research and investigation. Membersh…

Sec. 109.206. ACCESS TO DATA. (a) In exchange for membership in the consortium, a private entity may receive access to data produced as a result of investigation by the consortium in an amount proportionate to the entity's level of membership. (b) A private entity's access to the…

Sec. 109.251. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) Midwestern State University is a general academic teaching institution located in the city of Wichita Falls. (b) The university is a component institution of the Texas Tech University System and is under the management and control of the bo…

Sec. 109.252. COURSES AND DEGREES; ADMINISTRATION. (a) The university shall offer undergraduate-level and graduate-level programs. (b) The board of regents may approve degree programs, subject to the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and adopt other rules…

Sec. 109.253. UNIVERSITY OF FIRST RANK. The board of regents shall build and operate the university as a public liberal arts university of the first rank to offer the university's students, consistent with the university's mission, preparation for excellence in a variety of caree…

Sec. 109.254. UNIVERSITY MUSEUM. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall include in the funding formula applicable to the university funding for the operation and maintenance of the museum acquired by the university in accordance with former Section 103.11. Added by A…

Sec. 109.255. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board of regents may solicit, accept, and administer gifts and grants for the use and benefit of the university. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 417 (H.B. 1522), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Redesignated by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S…