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  Section 109.0541, Education Code, is repealed.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