By: Raney (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 2892

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; April 30, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System to dispose of real property and mineral interests under its jurisdiction.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 85.25(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The board may grant, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the lands and mineral interests under its jurisdiction [that do not comprise any portion of the original main campus of Texas A&M University] to other units or agencies of government, or to any individual, group of individuals, corporation, or other entity, under terms and conditions the board considers [it deems] best in the public interest.

SECTION 2. Sections 85.25(c) and (d), Education Code, are repealed.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, 2013.

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