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TX Educ Code § 51.161 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.161. Powers and Duties of Association

Sec. 51.161.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF ASSOCIATION.  (a)  The association may acquire, operate, and maintain, or obtain by contracting with any communications common carrier in accordance with its tariffs, a multichannel, two-way communications system, including closed-circuit television, linking classrooms, libraries, computer facilities, information retrieval systems, and communications facilities located at the member institutions.(b)  The association may lease, acquire, operate, and maintain, or obtain by contracting with any communications common carrier in accordance with its tariffs, any facilities in addition to those described in Subsection (a) of this section, which the board considers necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter.(c)  The association is authorized to lease, as lessor or lessee, acquire, operate, maintain, and equip a dormitory or dormitories located on or near the campus of any member institution of the association that is a state-supported institution of higher education, and to issue its revenue bonds therefor as provided in this subchapter.(d)  The association may interchange educational information with private educational institutions, school districts, the United States government, and other parties engaged in education or participating in educational projects, and use the facilities of the association only in the exchange, retrieval, and transfer of information and the interchange of approval course offering and instruction between member-institutions and other parties engaged in education or participating in educational projects.  Any dormitories leased, acquired, operated, and maintained by the association shall not be subject to the use limitation of this subsection that applies to all other facilities of the association.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.162 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.162. Gifts and Grants

Sec. 51.162.  GIFTS AND GRANTS.  The association may accept gifts, grants, or donations of real or personal property from any individual, group, association, or corporation.  It may accept grants from the United States government subject to the limitations or conditions provided by law.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.163 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.163. Information Network Association Fund

Sec. 51.163.  INFORMATION NETWORK ASSOCIATION FUND.  The Information Network Association Fund is a special fund in the state treasury.  All money deposited in the treasury by the Western Information Network Association or any other regional network association created by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, shall be credited to the special fund and disbursed as provided by legislative appropriation.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.164 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.164. Rules and Regulations

Sec. 51.164.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  The association shall adopt and publish rules to govern the conduct of its business.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.165 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.165. Principal Office

Sec. 51.165.  PRINCIPAL OFFICE.  The board for Western Information Network Association shall maintain its principal office in Lubbock, at or near Texas Tech University.  The boards for other regional information network associations created by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, shall maintain their principal offices at locations designated by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.166 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.166. Facilities

Sec. 51.166.  FACILITIES.  Each member institution shall furnish suitable space to the association for a classroom-studio, a lecture studio, and a control room.  It may also furnish any additional physical plant facility needed by the association in carrying on its functions at the institution.  The facilities may with the approval of the association board and the governing body of the state-supported member institutions be located in a dormitory owned and operated by the association.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.167 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.167. Designation of Regions for Additional Associations

Sec. 51.167.  DESIGNATION OF REGIONS FOR ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.  (a)  In addition to the Western Information Network Association, the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, shall at such times as the board shall determine, divide the state into information network association regions consisting of state-supported institutions of higher education located within geographical boundaries prescribed by the coordinating board.(b)  The coordinating board shall give due consideration to the geographical proximity and number of institutions of higher education to be included within a proposed region.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.168 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.168. Creation of Additional Associations

Sec. 51.168.  CREATION OF ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.  (a)  The coordinating board shall create and name an information network association within an information network region if:(1)  a majority of the institutions of higher education within a region apply to create an association;  and(2)  the institutions applying show good cause for creating an association.(b)  The coordinating board may not create more than one information network association in an information network region.(c)  Each information network association created is an agency of the state.(d)  An information network association created under this section is subject to the Texas Sunset Act (Chapter 325, Government Code).  Unless continued in existence as provided by that Act, the association is abolished September 1, 1989.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1854, ch. 735, Sec. 2.158, eff. Aug. 29, 1977;  Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 198, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 51.169 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.169. Provisions Applicable to Additional Associations

Sec. 51.169.  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATIONS.  Except for Subsection (a), Section 51.153 of this Code, the provisions of this subchapter apply to any additional information network association created by the coordinating board.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.171 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.171. Revenue Refunding Bonds

Sec. 51.171.  REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS.  Any revenue bonds issued by the board under this subchapter may be refunded, and in that case all pertinent and appropriate provisions of this subchapter are applicable to the refunding bonds.  In refunding any of the bonds the board may, in the same authorizing proceedings, refund bonds issued under this subchapter and may combine all the refunding bonds with any other additional new bonds to be issued under this subchapter into one or more issues or series of bonds, and may provide for the subsequent issuance of additional parity bonds, or subordinate lien bonds, under terms and conditions set forth in the authorizing proceedings.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.172 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.172. Approval of Bonds; Registration

Sec. 51.172.  APPROVAL OF BONDS;  REGISTRATION.  All bonds issued under this subchapter shall be submitted to the attorney general for examination.  If he finds that the bonds have been authorized in accordance with law, he shall approve them, and thereupon they shall be registered by the comptroller of public accounts.  After the approval and registration the bonds are incontestable for any reason and are valid and binding obligations in accordance with their terms for all purposes.  If the bonds recite that they are secured partially or otherwise by a pledge of the proceeds of a contract or lease made between the board and another party or parties, public agencies, or otherwise, a copy of the contract or lease and of the proceedings authorizing it may or may not be submitted to the attorney general along with the bond records.  If submitted, then the approval by the attorney general of the bonds shall constitute an approval of the contract or lease, and thereafter the contract or lease shall be incontestable.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.173 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter D. Information Network Associations|Section 51.173. Bonds as Legal Investments

Sec. 51.173.  BONDS AS LEGAL INVESTMENTS.  All bonds issued under this subchapter are legal and authorized investments for all banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, insurance companies of all kinds and types, fiduciaries, trustees, and guardians, and for all interest and sinking funds and other public funds of the State of Texas, and all agencies, subdivisions, and instrumentalities thereof, including all counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and all other kinds and types of districts, public agencies, and bodies politic.  The bonds are eligible and lawful security for all deposits of public funds of the State of Texas and all agencies, subdivisions, and instrumentalities thereof, including all counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, and all other kinds and types of districts, public agencies, and bodies politic, to the extent of the market value of the bonds, when accompanied by any unmatured interest coupons appurtenant to them.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.201. Applicability of Criminal Laws

Sec. 51.201.  APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LAWS.  All the general and criminal laws of the state are declared to be in full force and effect within the areas under the control and jurisdiction of the state institutions of higher education of this state.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.202 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.202. Rules and Regulations

Sec. 51.202.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  (a)  The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, may promulgate rules and regulations for the safety and welfare of students, employees, and property, and other rules and regulations it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter and the governance of the institution, providing for the operation and parking of vehicles on the grounds, streets, drives, alleys, and any other institutional property under its control, including but not limited to the following:(1)  limiting the rate of speed;(2)  assigning parking spaces and designating parking areas and their use and assessing a charge for parking;(3)  prohibiting parking as it deems necessary;(4)  removing vehicles parked in violation of institutional rules and regulations or law at the expense of the violator;  and(5)  instituting a system of registration for vehicle identification, including a reasonable charge.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 , Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 2629), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 2629), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 51.203 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.203. Campus Peace Officers

Sec. 51.203.  CAMPUS PEACE OFFICERS.  (a)  The governing boards of each state institution of higher education and public technical institute may employ and commission peace officers for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.  The primary jurisdiction of a peace officer commissioned under this section includes all counties in which property is owned, leased, rented, or otherwise under the control of the institution of higher education or public technical institute that employs the peace officer.(b)  Within a peace officer's primary jurisdiction, a peace officer commissioned under this section:(1)  is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers;(2)  may, in accordance with Chapter 14, Code of Criminal Procedure, arrest without a warrant any person who violates a law of the state;  and(3)  may enforce all traffic laws on streets and highways.(c)  Outside a peace officer's primary jurisdiction a peace officer commissioned under this section is vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers and may arrest any person who violates any law of the state if the peace officer:(1)  is summoned by another law enforcement agency to provide assistance;(2)  is assisting another law enforcement agency;  or(3)  is otherwise performing his duties as a peace officer for the institution of higher education or public technical institute that employs the peace officer.(d)  Any officer assigned to duty and commissioned shall take and file the oath required of peace officers.(e)  Any person commissioned under this Act must be a certified police officer under the requirements of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 468, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 285, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 686), Sec. 2.12, eff. May 18, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 51.204 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.204. Trespass, Damage, Defacement

Sec. 51.204.  TRESPASS, DAMAGE, DEFACEMENT.  (a)  In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.(b)  It is unlawful for any person to:(1)  trespass on the grounds of an institution of higher education or of a private or independent institution of higher education; or(2)  damage or deface any of the buildings, statues, monuments, memorials, trees, shrubs, grasses, or flowers on the grounds of an institution of higher education or of a private or independent institution of higher education.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 2629), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 51.205 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.205. Parking; Blocking or Impeding Traffic

Sec. 51.205.  PARKING;  BLOCKING OR IMPEDING TRAFFIC.  It is unlawful for any person to park a vehicle on any property under the control and jurisdiction of a state institution of higher education of this state except in the manner designated by the institution and in the spaces marked and designated by the governing board, or to block or impede traffic through any driveway of that property.  All laws regulating traffic on highways and streets apply to the operation of vehicles within the property of the institution, except as may be modified in this subchapter.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.206 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.206. Parking and Traffic Tickets; Summons; Arrest Warrants

Sec. 51.206.  PARKING AND TRAFFIC TICKETS;  SUMMONS;  ARREST WARRANTS.  In connection with traffic and parking violations, only the officers authorized to enforce the provisions of this subchapter have the authority to issue and use traffic tickets and summons of the type used by the Texas Highway Patrol, with any changes that are necessitated by reason of this subchapter.  On the issuance of any parking or traffic ticket or summons, the same procedures shall be followed as prevail in connection with the use of parking and traffic violation tickets by the cities of this state and the Texas Highway Patrol.  Nothing in this subchapter restricts the application and use of regular arrest warrants.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.|
TX Educ Code § 51.207 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.207. Vehicle Identification Insignia; Vehicle Permits

Sec. 51.207.  VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION INSIGNIA;  VEHICLE PERMITS.  (a)  Each public institution of higher education may provide for the issuance and use of suitable vehicle identification insignia.  The institution may bar or suspend the permit of any vehicle from driving or parking on any institutional property for the violation of any rule or regulation promulgated by the board as well as for any violation of this subchapter.  Reinstatement of the privileges may be permitted and a reasonable fee assessed.(b)  This subsection applies only to a public institution of higher education campus that is located in whole or part in an area in which a motor vehicle registered in the area is required to undergo a vehicle emissions inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.  The institution may not issue a permit to a student enrolled at the institution to park or drive a motor vehicle that is not registered in this state on institutional property unless the institution has provided written notice to the student concerning requirements for vehicle emissions inspections pursuant to Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code.(c)  The Public Safety Commission shall adopt rules providing for the inspection under Subchapter F, Chapter 548, Transportation Code, of motor vehicles not registered in this state for purposes of Subsection (b).(d)  This subsection applies only to a public institution of higher education campus that is not covered by Subsection (b).  The institution may not issue a permit to a student of the institution for driving or parking a motor vehicle on institutional property unless the institution provides written notice to the student that failure to register the vehicle in this state may violate state law if the owner of the vehicle resides in this state.(e)  Each institution of higher education that maintains a campus police force shall adopt procedures for enforcing State of Texas vehicle inspection laws for vehicles parking or driving on the campus of the institution.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1147, Sec. 1.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 3, eff. March 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 51.208 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 51 - Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education|Subchapter E. Protection of Buildings and Grounds|Section 51.208. Penalty; Courts Having Jurisdiction

Sec. 51.208.  PENALTY; COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION.  (a)  In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.(b)  A person who violates any provision of this subchapter or any rule or regulation promulgated under this subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $200.(c)  The judge of a municipal court or any justice of the peace of any city or county where property under the control and jurisdiction of an institution of higher education or of a private or independent institution of higher education is located is each separately vested with all jurisdiction necessary to hear and determine criminal cases involving violations of this subchapter or rules or regulations promulgated under this subchapter for which the punishment does not exceed a fine of $200.|Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 2629), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.|