{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-109.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 109.153","heading":"SUBDIVISION OF LAND; TITLES.","body":"(a) The board may have the lands surveyed or subdivided into tracts, lots, or blocks which, in its judgment, will be most conducive and convenient to an advantageous sale or lease of oil, gas, sulphur, or other minerals in and under and that may be produced from the lands; and the board may make maps and plats which it deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.\n(b) The board may obtain authentic abstracts of title to the lands from time to time as it deems necessary and may take necessary steps to perfect a merchantable title to the lands.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1173 (S.B. 907), Sec. 9, eff. June 19, 2015.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE F. OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES","CHAPTER 109. TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER D. MINERAL DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITY LAND"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.109.htm#109.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"892472d7338a929289492ebd65bc1ad25e95ffb722e241e3b38493623ccd3616","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-109.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-109.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}