Bill Text: TX HB2709 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2709 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to authorization for the sale of certain Texas Tech University property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB2709 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2709-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2709




	AN ACT
	relating to authorization for the sale of certain Texas Tech
	University property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 109.054, Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 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. The board may lease, sell, exchange, acquire, dispose
	of, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands in any manner
	and at prices and under terms and conditions the board deems best
	for the interest of the institutions. [~~However, the board may not~~
	~~sell any of the original main campus of Texas Tech University~~
	~~located in Lubbock, Lubbock County, unless the sale is approved by~~
	~~act of the legislature.~~] No grazing lease shall be made for a
	period of more than five years.
	SECTION 2. Section 109.0541, Education Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2709 was passed by the House on April
	5, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2709 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor