TITLE: Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler.

SUMMARY: Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 76.04, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 76.04. SUITS [; VENUE; CITATION].[The board may sue and be sued in the name of the institution.] Venue for a suit against the institution is in Smith or Travis County. This section may not be construed as granting legislative consent for a suit against the board or the institution except as authorized by law. [The institution may be impleaded by service of citation on its president, and legislative consent to suits against the institution is granted.] SECTION 2. Section 76.04, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.