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TX Educ Code § 65.31 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.31. General Powers and Duties

Sec. 65.31.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The board is authorized and directed to govern, operate, support, and maintain each of the component institutions that are now or may hereafter be included in a part of The University of Texas System.(b)  The board is authorized to prescribe for each of the component institutions courses and programs leading to such degrees as are customarily offered in outstanding American universities, and to award all such degrees.  It is the intent of the legislature that such degrees shall include baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees, and their equivalents, but no new department, school, or degree-program shall be instituted without the prior approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.(c)  The board has authority to promulgate and enforce such other rules and regulations for the operation, control, and management of the university system and the component institutions thereof as the board may deem either necessary or desirable.  The board is specifically authorized and empowered to determine and prescribe the number of students that shall be admitted to any course, department, school, college, degree-program, or institution under its governance.(d)  The board is specifically authorized to make joint appointments in the component institutions under its governance.  The salary of any person who receives such joint appointment shall be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of services rendered.(e)  The board is specifically authorized, upon terms and conditions acceptable to it, to accept, retain in depositories of its choosing, and administer gifts, grants, or donations of any kind, from any source, for use by the system or any of the component institutions of the system.(f)  No component institution which is not authorized to offer a four-year undergraduate program shall offer a four-year undergraduate program without the specific authorization of the legislature.(g)  The board by rule may delegate a power or duty of the board to a committee, officer, employee, or other agent of the board.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3145, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3360, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1971;  Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5010, ch. 900, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 213, Sec. 1, eff. May 23, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 65.32 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.32. Removal of Officers, Etc

Sec. 65.32.  REMOVAL OF OFFICERS, ETC.  The board may remove any officer, member of the faculty, or employee connected with the system when in its judgment the interest of the system requires the removal.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3145, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 65.33 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.33. Eminent Domain

Sec. 65.33.  EMINENT DOMAIN.  (a)  The board has the power of eminent domain to acquire for the use of the university system any land that may be necessary and proper for carrying out its purposes in the manner prescribed by Chapter 21, Property Code.(b)  Whenever the board has been made trustees by a will, instrument in writing, or otherwise of a trust for a scientific, educational, philanthropic, or charitable purpose, or other trust for a public purpose, it may act by a quorum of the board or a majority of all members.  Unless otherwise directed by the terms of the will or instrument, as trustees the board may exercise for the purpose of the trust the power of eminent domain and may condemn land and other property as provided by Chapter 21, Property Code.(c)  The taking of the property is declared to be for the use of the state.  The board is not required to deposit a bond or the amount equal to the award of damages by the commissioners as provided by Section 21.021, Property Code.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3145, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 922, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 387), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 65.34 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.34. Contracts

Sec. 65.34.  CONTRACTS.  A contract must be approved by the board or otherwise entered into in accordance with rules of the board relating to contracting authority.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3146, p. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 562, ch. 197, Sec. 2, eff. May 20, 1977;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 213, Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 65.35 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.35. Expenditures

Sec. 65.35.  EXPENDITURES.  All expenditures may be made by the order of the board and shall be paid on warrants from the comptroller based on vouchers approved by the chairman of the board or his delegate, or by the institutional head or his delegate of the component institution making the expenditures.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3146, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 65.36 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.36. Donations for Professorships and Scholarships

Sec. 65.36.  DONATIONS FOR PROFESSORSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.  (a)  Donations of property may be made and accepted by the board for the purpose of establishing or assisting in the establishment of a professorship or scholarship in the university system or any of its component institutions, or for creating in the university system or any of its component institutions any trust for any lawful, educational, or charitable purpose, either temporarily or permanently, and the donations or trusts thereby created will be governed by the rules prescribed by this section.(b)  The legal title to the property shall be vested in the board acting as an entity, or the State of Texas, to be held in trust for the purpose under any directions, limitations, and provisions that may be declared in writing in the donation or trust agreement, not inconsistent with the objectives and proper management of the system or its component institutions.(c)  The donor may declare and direct the manner in which the title to the property shall thereafter be transmitted from the trustee in continued succession, to be held for and appropriated to the declared purposes.(d)  The donor may declare and direct the person or class of persons who shall receive the benefit of the donation and the manner of their selection.(e)  The declarations, directions, and limitations shall not be inconsistent with the objects and proper management of the system or its institutions.(f)  In case of failure to transmit the title to the property or to bestow its use in the manner declared and directed in the donation, or in case the uses, or either of them, become impracticable from the change of circumstances, the title to the property, unless otherwise expressly directed by the donor, shall vest in this state to be held in trust to carry into effect the purposes of the donation as nearly as practicable by such agencies as may be provided therefor.(g)  The title to the property donated shall be received, and the trust conferred in the donation shall be assumed, subject to laws that may be passed and carried into effect from time to time which may be necessary to prevent the loss of, or damage to, the property donated, or an abuse or neglect of the trust so as to defeat, materially change, or prevent the objects of the donation.(h)  Copies of the donation shall be filed with the board or the branch to which the donation applies;  and the board shall report the condition and management of the property and the manner in which the trust is being administered as part of the matters reported pertaining to the institution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3146, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1577, ch. 568, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1973.|
TX Educ Code § 65.37 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.37. Funds Received for Trust Services

Sec. 65.37.  FUNDS RECEIVED FOR TRUST SERVICES.  The board may deposit in an appropriate university account all funds received as administrative fees or charges for services rendered in the management and administration of any trust estate under the control of the university system or any institution of the system.  The funds so received as administrative fees or charges may be expended by the board for any educational purpose of the university system.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3147, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 65.38 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.38. Nonsectarian

Sec. 65.38.  NONSECTARIAN.  No religious qualification shall be required for admission to any office or privilege in the university system.  No course of instruction of a sectarian character shall be taught in the system.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3147, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 65.39 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.39. Management of Lands Other Than Permanent University Fund Lands

Sec. 65.39.  MANAGEMENT OF LANDS OTHER THAN PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND LANDS.  The board of regents of The University of Texas System has the sole and exclusive management and control of the lands set aside and appropriated to, or acquired by, The University of Texas System.  The board may sell, lease, and otherwise manage, control, and use the lands in any manner and at prices and under terms and conditions the board deems best for the interest of The University of Texas System, not in conflict with the constitution.  However, the land shall not be sold at a price less per acre than that at which the same class of other public land may be sold under the statutes.  No grazing lease shall be made for a period of more than 10 years.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3147, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 65.40 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.40. M

Sec. 65.40.  M.D. ANDERSON SCIENCE PARK.  (a)  The board is hereby authorized to establish, maintain, and support an environmental science park in Bastrop County, Texas, on lands owned or controlled by it, the administration and business management of which shall be delegated to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.(b)  The board shall have authority to cooperate with agencies, institutions, instrumentalities, and subdivisions of this state, other states, and the federal government;  and with private institutes, institutions, foundations, and organizations, in the furtherance of this section, and the promotion of educational and environmental science programs.(c)  The board is specifically authorized upon terms and conditions acceptable to it, to accept and administer, gifts, grants, or donations, of any kind, from any source, to aid in the establishment, operation, maintenance, or administration of the environmental science park.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3336, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 1989.|
TX Educ Code § 65.41 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.41. Medical School Admission Policies

Sec. 65.41.  MEDICAL SCHOOL ADMISSION POLICIES.  The Board of Regents shall promulgate appropriate rules and regulations pertaining to the admission of students to medical schools which will provide for admission of those students to its entering class each year who are equally or as well qualified as all other students and who have entered a contract with or received a commitment for a stipend, grant, loan or scholarship from the State Rural Medical Education Board.  The State Rural Medical Education Board may contract with medical students providing for such students to engage in a general or family practice of medicine for not less than four years after licensing and a period of medical residency, as determined by the rules and regulations established by the State Rural Medical Education Board, in cities of Texas which have a population of less than 5,000 or in rural areas, as that term may be defined by the State Rural Medical Education Board, and said Board is hereby given the authority to define and from time to time redefine the term rural area, at the time the medical practice is commenced.  This contract shall provide for a monthly stipend of at least $100 to be granted by the State Rural Medical Education Board to each person under contract with the state while enrolled as a medical school student.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2408, ch. 740, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 65.42 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.42. Delinquent Accounts; Venue

Sec. 65.42.  DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS; VENUE.  A suit by The University of Texas System on its own behalf or on behalf of a component institution of The University of Texas System to recover a delinquent loan, account, or debt owed to The University of Texas System or a component institution of The University of Texas System must be brought in Travis County.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 403, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1.04, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 65.43 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.43. Sale of Obsolete Medical Equipment

Sec. 65.43.  SALE OF OBSOLETE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.  The board shall have the authority to sell and transfer, after due notification by journal or mail, on fair and reasonable terms, to any hospital within the State of Texas operated by the state, a city, a county, a hospital district, a nonprofit corporation, or a tax-exempt charitable organization any medical equipment that has been in use at an institution or facility governed by the board and is obsolete with regard to the instructional objectives of The University of Texas System.|Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2068, ch. 459, Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 1981.|
TX Educ Code § 65.45 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 65 - Administration of the University of Texas System|Subchapter C. Powers and Duties of Board|Section 65.45. Science and Technology Development, Management, and Transfer

Sec. 65.45.  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND TRANSFER.  (a)  The legislature finds that it is essential to the economic growth of the state that the potential for the development and growth of high technology industry be promoted and expanded.  As a means of accomplishing this purpose, the board may enter into agreements with individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, and local, state, or federal agencies for funding the discovery, development, and commercialization of new products, technology, and scientific information, including an agreement to manage a national laboratory engaged in any of those endeavors.  At the discretion of the board, research facilities, funding, and personnel at the various component institutions of The University of Texas System may be utilized to achieve the purposes of this section.(b)  As a means of carrying out the purposes of this section, the board may, through one or more corporations incorporated by the board or under any other cooperative arrangement:(1)  own and license rights to products, technology, and scientific information;(2)  own shares in corporations engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, management, or marketing of products, technology, or scientific information in this state or outside this state;(3)  participate, either directly or through a subsidiary corporation or other legal entity formed for that purpose, in the discovery, development, manufacture, management, or marketing of products, technology, or scientific information on behalf of the United States or a state or local governmental entity;  and(4)  carry on and support such other activities as the board may deem appropriate for achieving the purposes of this section.(c)  The board may cooperate in any manner the board considers appropriate with similar programs operated by other state-supported institutions of higher education in this state or in other states.(d)  Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359, Sec. 16(3), eff. January 1, 2012.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 818, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1985.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1266, Sec. 4.04, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 888 (S.B. 1528), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 16(3), eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Educ Code § 66.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 66 - Permanent University Fund|Subchapter A. Composition, Investment, and Use|Section 66.01. Permanent University Fund

Sec. 66.01.  PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND.  The composition, investment, purposes, and use of the permanent university fund are governed by Article VII, Sections 10, 11, 11a, 15, and 18, of the Texas Constitution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3149, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 66.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 66 - Permanent University Fund|Subchapter A. Composition, Investment, and Use|Section 66.02. Available University Fund

Sec. 66.02.  AVAILABLE UNIVERSITY FUND.  Distributions from the permanent university fund shall constitute the available university fund.  All distributions from the permanent university fund shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the available university fund by the board of regents of The University of Texas System or by the custodian or custodians of the permanent university fund's securities.  The University of Texas System shall provide the information necessary for the comptroller to accurately account for distributions from the permanent university fund and to protect state revenues.  The system shall provide the information using the method, format, and frequency required by the comptroller.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3149, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1311, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1467, Sec. 1.04, eff. June 19, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 66.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 66 - Permanent University Fund|Subchapter A. Composition, Investment, and Use|Section 66.04. Validity of Bonds Purchased by Board

Sec. 66.04.  VALIDITY OF BONDS PURCHASED BY BOARD.  Whenever the board has purchased the bonds of any city, county, or municipality, approved by the attorney general, the certificate of the attorney general attesting their validity shall be admitted and received as prima facie evidence of the validity of the bonds;  and in all cases in which the proceeds of the sale of these bonds have been received by the proper officers of the city, municipality, or county, or by the party acting for them in negotiating the sale of the bonds, the city, municipality, or county is thereafter estopped from denying the validity of the bonds and they shall be held to be valid and binding obligations.  In the case of any bonds bought under this section, premium or discount shall be distributed over the life of the bonds.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3149, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 66.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle C - The University of Texas System|Chapter 66 - Permanent University Fund|Subchapter A. Composition, Investment, and Use|Section 66.05. Reports

Sec. 66.05.  REPORTS.  (a)  Before December 1 of each year the board of regents of The University of Texas System shall prepare a written report providing statements of assets and a schedule of changes in book value of the investments from the permanent university fund during the year ending August 31 preceding the publication of the report.(b)  The report shall contain a summary of all gains, losses and income from investments and an itemized list of all securities held for the fund on August 31.  The report shall also contain any other information needed to clearly indicate the nature and extent of investments made of the fund and all income realized from the components of the fund.(c)  The report shall be distributed to the governor, state comptroller of public accounts, state auditor, attorney general, commissioner of higher education, and to the members of the legislature by the 1st day of January each year.  The board shall furnish copies of the report to any interested person on request.|Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3347, ch. 1024, art. 2, Sec. 20, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 823, Sec. 8, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 5.17, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|