Texas Education Code Title 3, Chapter 109 - Texas Tech University System
SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 109.001 - Texas Tech University System
(a) The Texas Tech University System hereby created is composed of all those institutions and entities presently under the governance, control, jurisdiction, and management of...
- Texas Section 109.002 - Board Of Regents
The government, control, and direction of the policies of the university system and the component institutions are vested in a board of nine regents, who...
- Texas Section 109.003 - Board Members: Terms, Vacancies
Members of the board will hold office for staggered terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of odd-numbered...
SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 109.004 - Chief Executive Officer: Selection, Duties
The board shall appoint a chief executive officer, who shall devote the officer's attention to the executive management of the university system and who shall...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
SUBCHAPTER C TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
- Texas Section 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....
- Texas Section 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....
- Texas Section 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....
- Texas Section 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...
SUBCHAPTER D MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITY LAND
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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,...
- Texas Section 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 Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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....
- Texas Section 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...
Last modified: September 28, 2016