Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 85.14. CHAIRMAN OF BOARD. The board shall elect from its members a chairman of the board, who shall call the board together for the transaction of business whenever he deems it expedient. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3192, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by…

Sec. 85.15. EXPENSES OF REGENTS. The regents shall serve without compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses incurred in attending board meetings and in transacting the official business of the board. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3192, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1,…

Sec. 85.16. SEAL. The board may make and use a common seal. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3192, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 85.17. SYSTEM CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE; EXECUTIVE OFFICER. (a) The central administration office of the university system shall provide oversight and coordination of the activities of each component institution within the system. (b) The board shall appoint a chief exec…

Sec. 85.18. 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 Brazos County. (b) Venue for a suit filed against The Texas A&M University System, any component of The Texas A&M University System, or any o…

Sec. 85.21. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The board shall make bylaws, rules, and regulations it deems necessary and proper for the government of the university system and its institutions, agencies, and services. The board shall regulate the course of study and prescribe the co…

Sec. 85.22. EXPENDITURES. All expenditures may be made by order of the board and shall be paid on warrants from the comptroller based on vouchers approved by the president of the board or by some officer or officers designated by him in writing to the comptroller. Acts 1971, 62nd…

Sec. 85.23. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS; CONTRACTS; LAND TRANSACTIONS. The board may enter into an agreement with any person for the purchase, sale, lease, lease-purchase, acquisition, or construction of permanent improvements and may purchase, sell, lease, lease-purchase, encumber, o…

Sec. 85.24. UTILITIES. (a) The board may improve and equip existing power plants and may construct, acquire, improve, and equip steam plants and additions to steam plants. For the purposes of this subsection, the board may acquire property for the institutions under its control w…

Sec. 85.25. LANDS AND MINERAL INTERESTS. (a) The board is vested with the sole and exclusive management and control of lands and mineral interests under its jurisdiction and that may be acquired by it. (b) The board may grant, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the lands and mi…

Sec. 85.26. LEASES AND EASEMENTS; RIGHTS-OF-WAY FOR ELECTRIC LINES, PIPELINES, IRRIGATION CANALS, ETC. (a) The board may execute leases and grant easements for rights-of-way for telephone, telegraph, electric transmission, and power lines, for oil pipelines, gas pipelines, sulphu…

Sec. 85.27. FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENTS. The board may convey flood control easements over land under its jurisdiction and control to water control and improvement districts of this state. No flood control easement shall be conveyed unless the board receives from the district reasona…

Sec. 85.28. AIRPORTS. (a) The board may construct or otherwise acquire an airport for any institution within the system. It may maintain and operate the airports in connection with the teaching of courses in aeronautical engineering and for purposes in cooperation with the nation…

Sec. 85.29. RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. (a) The department may contract with the university system or a component or agency of the university system to conduct research relating to transportation, including the economics, planning, design,…

Sec. 85.30. DONATIONS AND TRUSTS. (a) Donations of property may be made and accepted by the board for the purpose of establishing or assisting in the establishment of a professorship, chair, or scholarship in the university system or any of its component institutions or for creat…

Sec. 85.31. FUNDS RECEIVED FOR TRUST SERVICES. (a) The board may at its discretion charge administrative fees for services rendered in the management and administration of any trust estate under the control of the system or any component of the system. (b) Funds received pursuant…

Sec. 85.32. EMINENT DOMAIN. (a) The board may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any real property that the board considers necessary and proper to carry out its powers and duties. (b) The board shall exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner prescribed by C…

Sec. 85.51. AUTHORITY TO LEASE. (a) The board may lease for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other mineral developments all lands and mineral interests under its control, owned or in the future acquired by the state for the use of the university system. (b) The board shall off…

Sec. 85.52. SALE OF MINERAL ORE IN PLACE. Mineral ore located in and on the land may also be sold in place by the board at not less than the fair market value as determined by the same methods as are provided for leasing of lands under this subchapter for development of the miner…

Sec. 85.53. TRACTS, LOTS, BLOCKS. The board may cause the lands to be surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks that will, in its judgment, be most conducive and convenient to facilitate the advantageous sale of lease for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minera…

Sec. 85.54. PLACING LEASES ON MARKET; ADVERTISING. (a) Whenever, in the opinion of the board, there is a demand for the purchase of oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, or other mineral leases on any tract or part of any tract of land that will reasonably insure an advantageous sale, …

Sec. 85.55. PUBLIC AUCTION; BIDS; ACCEPTANCE; REJECTION; PAYMENTS. (a) The board may sell the lease or leases to the highest bidder at public auction, at Texas A & M University, in College Station, at any hour between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. (b) The board may reject all bids. However,…

Sec. 85.56. SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE IF NO BIDS ACCEPTED. If no bid is accepted by the board at the public auction, any subsequent procedure for the sale of oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other mineral leases shall be in the manner prescribed by this subchapter. Acts 1971, 62nd …

Sec. 85.57. WITHDRAWAL OF LAND ADVERTISED. The board may withdraw any lands advertised for lease or for the sale of mineral ore in place. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3197, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 85.58. ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS; AWARD OF LEASE. (a) If in the opinion of the board any one of the bidders has offered a reasonable and proper price for any tract and not less than the price fixed by the board, the lands advertised may be leased for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore,…

Sec. 85.59. EXPLORATORY TERM; EXTENSION; OTHER PROVISIONS OF LEASE. (a) The exploratory term of the lease as determined by the board prior to the promulgation of the advertisement shall in no case exceed five years, and each lease shall provide that the lease will terminate at th…

Sec. 85.60. DISCONTINUANCE OF YEARLY PAYMENTS; TERMINATION FOR NONPRODUCTION. When the royalties amount to as much as the yearly payments as fixed by the board, the yearly payments may be discontinued. If before the expiration of five years oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and oth…

Sec. 85.61. OPERATIONS UNDER LEASE: EFFECT ON RENTAL PAYMENTS, TERM OF LEASE. If, during the term of any lease issued under the provisions of this subchapter, the lessee is engaged in actual drilling and mining operations for the discovery of oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and o…

Sec. 85.62. PRORATION OR REDUCTION OF PRODUCTION. When, in the discretion of the board, it is for the best interest of the state to prorate or reduce production of any land, the board may execute the necessary contract to carry out that purpose. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3198, ch.…

Sec. 85.63. INTERFERENCE WITH SURFACE USES. No lease for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minerals shall be made by the board which will permit the drilling or mining for oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minerals within 300 feet of any building on the land witho…

Sec. 85.64. PROTECTION FROM DRAINAGE. In every case where the area in which oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minerals sold shall be contiguous or adjacent to lands which are not lands belonging to and held by the university system, the acceptance of the bid and the sale …

Sec. 85.65. RIGHTS OF PURCHASER; ASSIGNMENT; RELINQUISHMENT. (a) Title to all rights purchased may be held by the owners as long as the area produces oil, gas, sulphur, mineral ore, and other minerals in paying quantities. (b) All rights purchased may be assigned. All assignments…

Sec. 85.66. ROYALTY PAYMENTS; INSPECTION OF RECORDS; REPORT OF LAND COMMISSIONER. (a) If oil or other minerals are developed on any of the lands leased by the board, the royalty or money as stipulated in the sale shall be paid to the general land office at Austin on or before the…

Sec. 85.67. FORFEITURE; OTHER REMEDIES; LIEN. (a) If the owner of the rights acquired under this subchapter fails or refuses to make the payment of any sum due thereon, either as rental, royalty on production, or other payment, within 30 days after same becomes due, or if the own…

Sec. 85.68. FILING OF RECORDS. All surveys, files, records, copies of sale and lease contracts, and all other records pertaining to the sales and leases hereby authorized, shall be filed in the general land office and constitute archives thereof. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3201, ch…

Sec. 85.69. PAYMENTS; DISPOSITION. Payments under this subchapter shall be made to the commissioner of the general land office at Austin, who shall transmit to the board all royalties, lease fees, rentals for delay in drilling or mining, and all other payments, including all fili…

Sec. 85.70. CERTAIN MINERAL LEASES; DISPOSITION OF MONEY; SPECIAL FUNDS; INVESTMENT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), all money received under and by virtue of this subchapter shall be deposited in a special fund managed by the board to be known as The Texas A&M Universi…

Sec. 85.71. FORMS; CONTRACTS; REGULATIONS. The board shall adopt forms and contracts and shall promulgate rules and regulations that in its best judgment will protect the income from lands leased under this subchapter. A majority of the board may act in all cases, except where ot…