Tex. Educ. Code § 66.44 · Subchapter C. MANAGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY LANDS
MANAGEMENT OF MINERALS OTHER THAN OIL AND GAS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The board of regents has the sole and exclusive management and control of all minerals, other than oil and gas, in lands set aside and appropriated to, or acquired by the permanent university fund. The board may sell, lease, and otherwise manage and control the minerals, other than oil and gas, in those lands as may seem best to it for the interests of the permanent university fund. The board may also explore and have explored and developed the minerals and may make any contract or contracts with any person, association of persons, firm, or corporation for the exploration, development, mining, production, disposition, and sale of the minerals in those lands.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3152, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.66.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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