Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 88.102. GENERAL DUTIES. Under the general supervision of the board, the director shall: (1) assume direction of all forest interests and all matters pertaining to forestry within the jurisdiction of this state; (2) subject to the approval and confirmation of the board, appoi…

Sec. 88.103. ENFORCEMENT; APPOINTMENT OF PEACE OFFICERS. The director may appoint not to exceed 25 employees of the Texas Forest Service who are certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as qualified to be peace officers to serve as peace officers under the direction o…

Sec. 88.1035. USE OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT PEACE OFFICER TRAINING. The Texas Forest Service, subject to director approval, may use appropriated funds to purchase food and beverages for training functions required of peace officers of the Texas Forest Service. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd …

Sec. 88.104. AUTHORITY TO ENTER PRIVATE LAND. (a) Authority is hereby granted to every employee of the Texas Forest Service and any outside labor or assistance the employee deems necessary to enter upon any privately-owned land in the performance of fire suppression duties which …

Sec. 88.105. COOPERATION WITH PERSONS AND AGENCIES. On request, under the sanction of the board, and whenever the director deems it essential to the best interests of the people of the state, the director shall cooperate with counties, towns, corporations, or individuals in prepa…

Sec. 88.106. COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES; RURAL FIRE PROTECTION PLANS; FIRE TRAINING; DISPOSITION OF USED OR OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT. (a) The director, under the supervision of the board, may cooperate on forestry projects with the National Forest Service and other federal agenc…

Sec. 88.107. FOREST LAND: ACQUISITION BY GIFT OR PURCHASE. (a) On the recommendation of the board, the governor may accept gifts of land to the state to be held, protected, and administered by the board as state forests and to be used to demonstrate the practical utility of timbe…

Sec. 88.108. ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR FORESTRY PURPOSES; DISPOSITION. (a) The board may accept gifts, donations, or contributions of land suitable for forestry purposes and may enter into agreements with the federal government or other agencies for acquiring by lease, purchase, or…

Sec. 88.1085. USE OF LAND IN WILLIAM GOODRICH JONES STATE FOREST. (a) For the purpose of this section, the "Jones State Forest" means the real property owned by the state for the use and benefit of The Texas A&M University System to demonstrate reforestation work and forest manag…

Sec. 88.109. USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAND FOR REFORESTATION. The several tracts of land in Cherokee County near Maydelle, consisting of approximately 2,150 acres, owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, is set aside for reforestation purposes to b…

Sec. 88.110. PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SEEDLING NURSERY. The board may acquire by purchase in the name of the State of Texas for the use and benefit of the Texas Forest Service, and may improve, a sufficient quantity of land suitable for the operation of a forest tree seedling nursery…

Sec. 88.111. FOREST LAND ACQUIRED BY STATE UNDER TAX SALE. When pine forest land is sold to the state for the payment of taxes, interest, penalty, and costs adjudged against the land, as provided in Article 7328, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and not redeemed…

Sec. 88.112. SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT. The South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact has been ratified by the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma. The text of the compact is set out in Section 88.116 of this…

Sec. 88.113. COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR. The director of the Texas Forest Service shall act as compact administrator for the State of Texas and represent Texas in the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3212, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.…

Sec. 88.114. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory committee referred to in Article III of the compact shall be composed of four members selected as follows: One member shall be named from the membership of the Senate of the State of Texas by the Lieutenant Governor; one member shall …

Sec. 88.115. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in ratifying the South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact, that this compact is and shall be a joint program of the member states and that representatives of the United Stat…

Sec. 88.116. TEXT OF COMPACT. The South Central Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact reads as follows: SOUTH CENTRAL INTERSTATE FOREST FIRE PROTECTION COMPACT ARTICLE I. The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the South C…

Sec. 88.117. STATEWIDE FIRE CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT. (a) The statewide fire contingency account is established as an account in the general revenue fund. (b) The governor, the board, and the director may accept gifts and grants, including federal grants, and other federal assistance …

Sec. 88.118. STATEWIDE FIRE COORDINATION CENTER. (a) The director shall establish a statewide fire coordination center. (b) The center may provide continuous dispatching services for wildfire control. (c) The center shall provide a central location for statewide: (1) wildfire mon…

Sec. 88.119. REGIONAL WILDFIRE COORDINATORS. (a) The director shall divide the state into six wildfire control regions to coordinate wildfire control. The boundaries of the regions must be the same as existing Department of Public Safety regions that include state disaster distri…

Sec. 88.120. WILDFIRE TRAINING. The Texas Forest Service is the lead agency of the state for providing and coordinating training in fighting wildfires. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1993. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 52 (S.B. 646), Se…

Sec. 88.122. INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS. (a) The Texas Forest Service may support the state's all-hazard response operations by: (1) providing incident management training to Texas Forest Service personnel and other state, local, and volunteer responders to develop and enhance the…

Sec. 88.123. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE. (a) In this section: (1) "Partially paid fire department" means a fire department operated by its members, some of whom are volunteers and some of whom are paid. (2) "Volunteer fire department" means a fire department operated by…

Sec. 88.124. WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN. (a) The Texas Forest Service shall hold public meetings to develop and regularly update a wildfire protection plan. At a minimum, the plan must: (1) define the Texas Forest Service's role in managing wildfires and supporting local fire depar…

Sec. 88.125. COST-EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES. In determining the appropriate wildfire response, the Texas Forest Service shall use the most cost-effective combination of volunteer firefighters, temporary employees of the Texas Forest Service, and out-of-state personnel and equipm…

Sec. 88.1255. STATEWIDE DATABASE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT. (a) In this section, "fire department" means: (1) a volunteer fire department; or (2) a department of a municipality, county, or special district or authority that provides firefighting services. (b) The Texas A&M Forest…

Sec. 88.126. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE: INTRASTATE FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM AND REGIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS. (a) In this section: (1) "Intrastate fire mutual aid system team" means an intrastate fire mutual aid system team established under the state emergency…

Sec. 88.201. PURPOSES. There shall be established, at places in the state the board of directors deems proper, experiment stations for the purpose of making experiments and conducting investigations in the planting and growing of agricultural and horticultural crops and soils, an…

Sec. 88.202. MAIN STATE EXPERIMENT STATION. The experiment station located at College Station, which is in part supported by the federal government, shall remain there as a permanent institution. It shall be known as the Main State Experiment Station and shall be under the superv…

Sec. 88.203. SUBSTATIONS. (a) The board may: (1) establish experiment substations at places in this state it deems proper; (2) abandon or discontinue any substation which may become undesirable for experiment purposes, and if deemed necessary establish others in their stead at pl…

Sec. 88.204. SALE OF STATIONS. If property used in the operation of a station is sold, the title to the property shall not pass from this state until a deed of conveyance is made to the purchaser, duly signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state under the state …

Sec. 88.205. SALE OF CROPS. Proceeds from the sale, barter, or exchange of crops raised on any experiment station shall be applied to defray the expenses of operating the station. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3216, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 88.206. DONATIONS; LEASES. (a) The board may accept and receive donations of money and property when given to be used in connection with any experiment work authorized by this subchapter. (b) In the location of any experiment station, the board may take into consideration an…

Sec. 88.207. EXPENSES; PER DIEM. The necessary traveling expenses of the members of the board and those of the director and his assistants shall be paid out of the funds appropriated by this state for the maintenance and support of the experiment stations. In addition to actual t…

Sec. 88.208. INSPECTIONS. The board shall visit the stations once a year and shall make criticisms to the director and his assistants that it deems expedient and necessary. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3217, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 88.209. DIRECTOR. (a) The main station and the substations are under the supervision, control, management, and direction of the director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at College Station. The director shall reside at College Station. (b) The board may pay a par…

Sec. 88.211. BULLETIN. The director shall periodically issue and circulate among the farmers and livestock raisers of Texas printed bulletins showing the results of the experiments and the results accomplished and the progress made in the improvement of the agricultural and lives…

Sec. 88.212. DISBURSEMENTS. Before warrants are issued by the comptroller in payment of state experiment station accounts, vouchers covering them shall be audited and signed by the director or an assistant designated by him, in writing, for that purpose, and also by a member of t…

Sec. 88.213. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PRODUCTS. The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System shall generate revenues through agreements establishing equitable interests, royalties, and patent rights relating to releases of agricultural research products by the Texas agric…

Sec. 88.301. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Local government employee member" means a member who is an employee, as defined by Section 504.001, Labor Code, of a political subdivision, as defined by that section. (2) "Member" means an individual, other than an employee of T…

Sec. 88.302. TEXAS TASK FORCE 1. Texas Task Force 1 is a program of the Texas Engineering Extension Service providing training and responding to assist in search, rescue, and recovery efforts following natural or man-made disasters. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 1,…

Sec. 88.303. WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE. (a) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4464), Sec. 8(4), eff. September 1, 2025. (b) Service with Texas Task Force 1 by a state employee member who is activated is considered to be in the course and scope …

Sec. 88.500. ESTABLISHMENT. The Texas Engineering Experiment Station is a part of The Texas A&M University System under the management and control of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.

Sec. 88.501. PURPOSE. (a) The Texas Engineering Experiment Station serves as a state-supported engineering research and development agency. (b) It is the purpose of the agency to foster innovations in research, education, and technology that support and aid the business and indus…

Sec. 88.502. ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS. In addition to any other authority which it may possess, the board of regents is authorized to accept funds from both public and private sources, in addition to any amounts which shall be appropriated by the legislature for the use of any program…

Sec. 88.503. SPATIAL REFERENCE CENTER. (a) The board may create and operate a spatial reference center at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi for the purpose of: (1) facilitating the federal height modernization project for the state; (2) conducting basic and applied research re…