Tex. Educ. Code § 51.239 · Subchapter E-1. MAINTAINING CAMPUS ORDER DURING PERIODS OF DISRUPTION
ENTERING OR REMAINING ON CAMPUS AFTER WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Any person who has been notified by the chief administrative officer of a campus or facility of a state-supported institution of higher education, or by an officer or employee designated by the chief administrative officer to maintain order on the campus or facility, that consent to remain on the campus or facility has been withdrawn pursuant to Section 51.233, who has not had consent reinstated, and who willfully and knowingly enters or remains upon the campus or facility during the period for which consent has been withdrawn, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is subject to punishment as set out in Section 51.244.
(b) This section does not apply to any person who enters or remains on the campus or facility for the sole purpose of applying to the chief administrative officer or authorized officer or employee for the reinstatement of consent or for the sole purpose of attending a hearing on the withdrawal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 86, ch. 51, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 27, 1973.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
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