The board of regents has the power of eminent domain to acquire land needed to carry out the purposes of the university system and the component institutions.
Tex. Educ. Code § 109.051
EMINENT DOMAIN
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3259, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff
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