{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.904","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.904","heading":"STREET CLOSING.","body":"Text of section as amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 11\nThe governing body of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003 in a county having a population in excess of 3.3 million may vacate, abandon, and close a street or alley running through the campus if the institution owns all of the real property abutting the street or alley and if the institution owns 20 or more acres of real property at the campus where the street or alley is located.\nAdded by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3338, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 597, ch. 237, Sec. 136, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 134, Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.904","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"f0022c2da435ebdae5af8f424ae676a0f0261da4b435259a50f26547e2cd0672","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.903","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.904-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}