{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.242","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.242","heading":"REFUSING OR FAILING TO LEAVE BUILDING CLOSED TO PUBLIC.","body":"No person may refuse or fail to leave a building under the control and management of a public agency, including a state-supported institution of higher education, during those hours of the day or night when the building is regularly closed to the public, upon being requested to do so by a guard, watchman, or other employee of a public agency, including a state-supported institution of higher education, controlling and managing the building or property, if the surrounding circumstances are such as to indicate to a reasonable person that the individual or individuals have no apparent lawful business to pursue.\nAdded by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 87, ch. 51, Sec. 6, eff. Aug. 27, 1973.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER E-1. MAINTAINING CAMPUS ORDER DURING PERIODS OF DISRUPTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.242","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"cb8f9036c68d6e8a2f50c8b0e4d71b8790c6b0ba895d9d9b9c6082fe594eabcc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.241","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.243"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}