Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 49.257. MAINTENANCE TAX. (a) The joint board shall levy a maintenance tax for the benefit of the component school districts not later than September 1 of each year or as soon thereafter as practicable. (b) Each component district shall bear a share of the costs of assessing …

Sec. 49.258. REVENUE DISTRIBUTION. The consolidated taxing district shall distribute maintenance tax revenue to the component districts on the basis of the number of students in weighted average daily attendance in the component districts. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, …

Sec. 49.259. TAXES OF COMPONENT DISTRICTS. (a) The governing board of a component school district of a consolidated taxing district that has consolidated for maintenance and operation purposes only may issue bonds and levy, pledge, and collect ad valorem taxes within that compone…

Sec. 49.260. OPTIONAL TOTAL TAX BASE CONSOLIDATION. (a) An agreement executed under Section 49.251 may provide for total tax base consolidation instead of consolidation for maintenance and operation purposes only. (b) Under an agreement providing for total tax base consolidation:…

Sec. 49.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "mineral property" means a real property mineral interest that has been severed from the surface estate by a mineral lease creating a determinable fee or by a conveyance that creates an interest taxable separately from the surface esta…

Sec. 49.302. DETERMINATION OF TAXABLE VALUE. (a) For purposes of this subchapter, the taxable value of an individual parcel or other item of property and the total taxable value of property in a school district resulting from the detachment of property from or annexation of prope…

Sec. 49.303. PROPERTY SUBJECT TO DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION. (a) Only the following property may be detached and annexed under this subchapter: (1) a mineral property; (2) real property used in the operation of a public utility, including a pipeline, pipeline gathering system, or …

Sec. 49.304. TAXATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. Personal property having a taxable situs at the same location as real property detached and annexed under this subchapter is taxable by the school district to which the real property is annexed. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, S…

Sec. 49.305. DETACHMENT OF PROPERTY. (a) The commissioner shall detach property under this section from each school district from which the commissioner is required under Section 49.004 to detach property under this subchapter. (b) The commissioner shall detach from each school d…

Sec. 49.306. ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY. (a) The commissioner shall annex property detached under Section 49.305 to school districts eligible for annexation in accordance with this section. A school district is eligible for annexation of property to it under this subchapter only if, …

Sec. 49.307. LIMITATIONS ON DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION. The commissioner may detach and annex property under this subchapter only if: (1) the property is not exempt from ad valorem taxation under Section 11.20 or 11.21, Tax Code; and (2) the property does not contain a building or…

Sec. 49.308. ORDERS AND NOTICE. (a) The commissioner shall order any detachments and annexations of property under this subchapter not later than November 8 of each year. (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for the 2025-2026 school year, the commissioner shall order any detachm…

Sec. 49.309. TREATMENT OF SUBDIVIDED PROPERTY. (a) If the commissioner orders the detachment or annexation of a portion of a parcel or item of property under this subchapter, the order shall specify the portion of the taxable value of the property to be detached or annexed and ma…

Sec. 49.310. DUTIES OF CHIEF APPRAISER. (a) The chief appraiser of each appraisal district shall cooperate with the commissioner in administering this subchapter. The commissioner may require the chief appraiser to submit any reports or provide any information available to the ch…

Sec. 49.311. STUDENT ATTENDANCE. A student who is a resident of real property detached from a school district may choose to attend school in that district or in the district to which the property is annexed. For purposes of determining average daily attendance under Section 48.00…

Sec. 49.312. BOND TAXES. Property detached from a school district is released from the obligation for any tax to pay principal and interest on bonds authorized by the district before detachment. The property is subject to any tax to pay principal or interest on bonds authorized b…

Sec. 49.313. DETERMINATION BY COMMISSIONER FINAL. A decision or determination of the commissioner under this subchapter is final and not appealable. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Subch…

Sec. 49.351. COMMISSIONER ORDER. If the commissioner is required under Section 49.004 to order the consolidation of districts, the consolidation is governed by this subchapter. The commissioner's order shall be effective on a date determined by the commissioner, but not later tha…

Sec. 49.352. SELECTION CRITERIA. (a) In selecting the districts to be consolidated with a district that has taxable values of property in an amount that exceeds the local revenue level established under Section 48.257, the commissioner shall select one or more districts that, whe…

Sec. 49.353. GOVERNANCE. (a) Until the initial trustees elected as provided by Subsection (b) have qualified and taken office, a district consolidated under this subchapter is governed by a transitional board of trustees consisting of the board of trustees of the district having …

Sec. 49.354. DISSOLUTION OF CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT. (a) If the legislature abolishes ad valorem taxes for public school maintenance and operations and adopts another method of funding public education, the board of trustees of a consolidated district created under this subchapter …

Sec. 49.355. FUND BALANCES. Fund balances of a school district consolidated under this subchapter may be used only for the benefit of the schools within the district that generated the funds. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Transferred, redesign…

Sec. 49.356. EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. A consolidated district created under this subchapter shall honor an employment contract entered into by a consolidating district. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Educ…

Sec. 49.357. APPLICATION OF SPARSE ADJUSTMENT AND SMALL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOTMENTS. The budget of the consolidated district must apply the benefit of the adjustment or allotment to the schools of the consolidating district to which Section 48.052, 48.101, or 48.151 would have …

Sec. 51.001. INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH APPLICABLE. The provisions of this subchapter apply to each institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003 of this code, including each public junior college to the extent possible. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. …

Sec. 51.002. FUNDS SUBJECT TO CONTROL. (a) The governing board of each institution listed in Section 51.001 of this code may retain control of the following sums of money collected at the institution, subject to Section 51.008 of this code: (1) student fees of all kinds; (2) char…

Sec. 51.003. DEPOSITORIES. (a) The governing board of each institution may select one or more depositories as places of deposit for the funds enumerated in Section 51.002 of this code. Depositories shall be selected on the basis of competitive bids. If bids are taken orally, the …

Sec. 51.0031. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS. (a) A governing board may deposit funds under its control as provided in Section 51.003 of this code, may invest funds under its control in accordance with Chapter 2256, Government Code and, with regard to donations, gifts, and trusts, may …

Sec. 51.0032. INVESTMENT REPORTS AND POLICIES. (a) A governing board shall adopt by rule or resolution a written investment policy for the investment of its institutional funds. (b) Not less than quarterly, an institution of higher education shall prepare and submit to the govern…

Sec. 51.004. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS; TRUST FUNDS; INTEREST. (a) Separate accounts shall be kept on the books of the institution showing the sources of all sums collected and the purposes for which disbursements are made. (b) All trust funds, including gifts, grants, and bequests recei…

Sec. 51.005. REPORTS. Each institution of higher education shall prepare a complete annual financial report as prescribed by Section 2101.011, Government Code. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 568, ch…

Sec. 51.0051. ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGETS. The governing board of each institution shall approve on or before September 1 of each year an itemized budget covering the operation of the institution for the fiscal year beginning on September 1 of each year. The budget shall be prepared…

Sec. 51.0052. REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) In this section, "colonia" means a geographic area that: (1) is an economically distressed area as defined by Section 17.921, Water Code; (2) is located in a county any part of which is within 62 miles of an international border; an…

Sec. 51.006. FUNDS NOT TO BE USED TO INCREASE SALARIES. No part of any of the funds listed in Section 51.002 of this code shall ever be used to increase any salary beyond the sum fixed by the legislature in the general appropriations act; provided, however, that the use of such f…

Sec. 51.0065. APPLICABILITY OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD SALARY INCREASE. An institution of higher education that has adopted a pay-for-performance program that is in effect when an across-the-board salary increase for state employees made by an appropriation act of the legislature takes …

Sec. 51.007. PENALTY. Any state officer, agent, employee, or member of a governing board of any of the above named institutions, or any other person who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less t…

Sec. 51.008. CERTAIN RECEIPTS TO BE DEPOSITED IN STATE TREASURY. (a) The governing board of every state institution of higher education is directed to designate special depository banks, subject to the approval of the comptroller, for the purpose of receiving and keeping certain …

Sec. 51.009. DEFINING AND ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN INCOME. (a) "Local funds" are the items to be accounted for as "educational and general funds" as described in Subsection (c) of this section, but do not include general revenue funds. These funds shall be accounted for in a manner…

Sec. 51.010. COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT OBLIGATIONS. If under the rules adopted by the attorney general under Chapter 2107, Government Code, an institution of higher education is not required to refer a delinquent obligation for collection to the attorney general, the institution i…

Sec. 51.011. DISPOSITION OF SMALL CREDIT BALANCES. (a) This section applies to a credit balance of less than $25 held by an institution of higher education that is presumed abandoned under Chapter 72, Property Code. (b) An institution of higher education may maintain an unclaimed…

Sec. 51.012. PAYMENTS BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER OR ELECTRONIC PAY CARD. An institution of higher education may make any payment through electronic funds transfer or by electronic pay card. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 1.02, eff. June 17, 2011. S…

Sec. 51.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned to it in Section 61.003 of this code, except that Texas State Technical College System is included and the Rodent and Predatory Animal Control Service is excluded for the …

Sec. 51.102. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE. The legislature finds that higher education is vitally important to the welfare, if not the survival, of Texas and the United States at this stage in history and that the quality of higher education is dependent upon the quality of c…

Sec. 51.103. GRANTING LEAVES OF ABSENCE; PROCEDURES. (a) On the application of a faculty member, the governing board of an institution of higher education may grant a faculty development leave of absence for study, research, writing, field observations, or other suitable purpose,…

Sec. 51.104. SERVICE REQUIRED. A faculty member is eligible by reason of service to be considered for a faculty development leave when he has served as a member of the faculty of the same institution of higher education for at least two consecutive academic years. This service ma…

Sec. 51.105. DURATION AND COMPENSATION. (a) The governing board may grant to a faculty member a faculty development leave either for one academic year at one-half of his regular salary or for one-half academic year at his full regular salary. Payment of salary to the faculty memb…