Title ED, Education Code

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…

Sec. 86.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "University" means Texas A & M University. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of The Texas A & M University System. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3202, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 86.02. TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY. Texas A & M University is an institution of higher education located in the city of College Station. It is under the management and control of the board of directors of The Texas A & M University System. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3202, ch. 1024,…

Sec. 86.03. LEADING OBJECT. The leading object of the university shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanical arts, in such manner as the leg…

Sec. 86.11. APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENT, OFFICERS, PROFESSORS. The board shall appoint the president, the professors, and other officers it deems proper to keep the university in successful operation. It may abolish any office it deems unnecessary. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3203, ch.…

Sec. 86.12. ENTOMOLOGIST. The president and board shall employ an expert entomologist, one or more, as may be deemed necessary, whose duty it shall be to devise, if possible, means of destroying the Mexican boll weevil, boll worm, caterpillar, sharpshooter, chinch bug, peach bug,…

Sec. 86.13. CIVIL ENGINEER; SOIL CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATIONS. The board shall employ a graduate civil engineer of the university who has a practical and scientific knowledge of the conservation of moisture and soil fertility, who understands the practical art of terracing farmlan…

Sec. 86.14. SPECIAL SUMMER SCHOOL. The board shall provide for a special summer school of at least two months each year for the training of special students who shall be admitted without an entrance examination, and may make provisions for the summer school, purchase the necessar…

Sec. 86.15. SUMMER SESSIONS; ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE FOR TEACHERS. The board shall require the teaching of elementary agriculture for teachers in the summer sessions. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3203, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 86.16. FIREMEN'S TRAINING SCHOOL. (a) The Texas A&M University System shall conduct and maintain a firemen's training school through the Texas Engineering Extension Service as a unit of the university system in the manner deemed expedient and advisable by the system's board …

Sec. 86.18. GRADUATE PROGRAMS; CONTRACTS WITH BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. The university may enter into contracts and agreements with Baylor University for joint participation in graduate programs that may be designed to benefit the state. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3204, ch. 1024, art. 1, …

Sec. 86.20. AIRPORT. The university may own and operate an airport, may accept federal aid and money for those purposes, and may enter into sponsor's assurance agreements with the federal government. It may operate the airport separately or in cooperation with a city, a county, t…

Sec. 86.21. PERPETUAL FUND. The money arising from the sale of the 180,000 acres of land donated to this state by the United States under the provisions of an Act of Congress passed on the second day of July, 1862, and an amended Act of Congress of July 23, 1866, shall constitute…

Sec. 86.22. ACCRUED INTEREST. The interest heretofore collected by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of the act of August 21, 1876, due at the end of the fiscal year of 1876, on the bonds belonging to the Agricultural and Mechanical College and invest…

Sec. 86.23. NAME OF SYSTEM AND COMPONENT INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES. (a) The board by resolution may change the name of the system or of any institution, agency, or service under the control and management of the board. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) Tarleton State Univer…

Sec. 86.24. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CEMETERY. (a) The board may dedicate land owned by The Texas A&M University System within the Bush Presidential Library site to be used as a cemetery. (b) Subchapter C, Chapter 711, Health and Safety Code, does not apply to a cemetery established un…

Sec. 86.51. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER. The Texas Real Estate Research Center is established at Texas A&M University. The operating budget, staffing, and activities of the center shall be approved by the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. Added by Acts 19…

Sec. 86.52. REAL ESTATE RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Real Estate Research Advisory Committee is created. (b) The advisory committee is composed of nine persons appointed by the governor, without regard to the race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin of the appointee…

Sec. 86.53. PURPOSES, OBJECTIVES, AND DUTIES OF THE CENTER. The purposes, objectives, and duties of the center are as follows: (1) to conduct studies in all areas that relate directly or indirectly to real estate and/or urban or rural economics and to publish and disseminate the …

Sec. 86.54. PUBLICATION CHARGES; GIFTS AND GRANTS. The center may make a charge for its publications and may receive gifts and grants from foundations, individuals, and other sources for the benefit of the research center. Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3342, ch. 1024, art. 2,…