Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 88.610. CONTRACTS. The center is authorized to enter into interagency contracts and agreements and to contract with local, state, county, federal, and private sources for work under the center's programs. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 292, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. SU…

Sec. 88.701. TEXAS VETERINARY MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY. The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is a state agency under the jurisdiction and supervision of the board. Redesignated from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 88 and amended by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R…

Sec. 88.702. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EMPLOYEES. (a) The board shall staff the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory with an executive director and other employees necessary for the agency to properly function. (b) The executive director and employees are eligible to parti…

Sec. 88.704. CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined statewide association of business competitors in this state designed to assist its members and its industry in dealing with mutual business or professional…

Sec. 88.705. USE OF TECHNOLOGY. The executive director shall implement a policy requiring the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the laboratory's ability to perform its functions. The policy must ensure that the pu…

Sec. 88.706. NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The executive director of the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall develop and implement a policy to encourage the use of: (1) negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government C…

Sec. 88.707. FEES. (a) The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory may charge and collect fees for goods and services the laboratory provides to any person, including a governmental entity. (b) The laboratory may adopt a fee or change the amount of a fee only after the lab…

Sec. 88.708. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall: (1) provide diagnostic testing to aid in the identification of diseases affecting animals; (2) provide testing to facilitate the international, intrastate, or interstate shipment of anim…

Sec. 88.709. COMPLAINTS. (a) The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory shall maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints filed with the laboratory. The laboratory shall maintain information about each complaint that includes: (1) the parties to the co…

Sec. 88.710. PLAN COORDINATOR; NATIONAL POULTRY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. (a) The poultry programs administrator for the Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory serves as the state plan coordinator for the National Poultry Improvement Plan. (b) The state plan coordinator shall wor…

Sec. 88.801. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Center" means the Center for Transportation Safety. (2) "Institute" means the Texas Transportation Institute, a component of The Texas A&M University System. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 714, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2001.

Sec. 88.802. ESTABLISHMENT. The Center for Transportation Safety is established as a component of the institute and shall be administered in the same manner as other programs of the institute. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 714, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2001.

Sec. 88.803. PROGRAMS. (a) The center shall conduct programs of research, education, and technology transfer to support the state's role in improving the safety of the roadways in this state. (b) The programs may include, but are not limited to: (1) developing and testing roadway…

Sec. 88.804. CONTRACTS. The center may enter into interagency contracts and agreements and may contract with local, state, county, federal, and private entities for work under the center's programs. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 714, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2001. SUBCHAPTER K.…

Sec. 88.821. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "extension service" means the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 954 (H.B. 3429), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.

Sec. 88.822. PROGRAM REPORTS. (a) The extension service shall make a presentation to the commissioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture, and the commissioner of the Department of State Health Services and shall provide copies of reports to the Texas Education Agency, …

Sec. 88.823. PEST, DISEASE, AND QUARANTINE ALERT SYSTEM. (a) With the cooperation of the Department of Agriculture, the Texas Animal Health Commission, and the Parks and Wildlife Department, the extension service shall develop and implement a statewide Internet-based alert system…

Sec. 89.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. (2) "Health science center" means The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 8.01, eff. J…

Sec. 89.002. COMPOSITION. (a) The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center is composed of the following component institutions, agencies, and programs under the management and control of the board: (1) The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medi…

Sec. 89.003. MANDATORY VENUE. (a) Venue for a suit filed against the health science center, any component institution, agency, or program of the health science center, or any officer or employee of the health science center is in Brazos County. (b) This section does not waive any…

Sec. 89.004. EXPENDITURE OF STATE FUNDS. The board is authorized to expend funds appropriated to it by the legislature for all lawful purposes of the health science center and its component institutions, agencies, and programs as well as funds available under the authority of Sec…

Sec. 89.051. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IRMA LERMA RANGEL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. (a) The board shall maintain a college of pharmacy as a component of the health science center. (b) The college shall be known as The Texas A&M University System Health Scien…

Sec. 95.01. BOARD OF REGENTS. The organization, control, and management of the state university system is vested in the Board of Regents, Texas State University System. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3218, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p…

Sec. 95.02. BOARD MEMBERS: APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATIONS, TERMS. The board is composed of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The members hold office for terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring February 1 of odd-num…

Sec. 95.03. BOARD MEETINGS. The board shall provide for regular meetings for the transaction of business pertaining to the affairs of the state university system. The chairman or a majority of the members of the board by petition may at any time call a special meeting of the boar…

Sec. 95.04. PER DIEM; EXPENSES. Members of the board shall receive a per diem payment as provided by the legislature and shall in addition be reimbursed for the actual expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Payment shall be made out of the appropriation for…

Sec. 95.05. QUORUM. Five members of the board shall be a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting and, unless a greater number is required by the board's rules, the act of a majority of the members present at any meeting shall be the act of the board. Added by Acts 1…

Sec. 95.06. SYSTEM CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE; EXECUTIVE OFFICER. (a) The central administration office of the university system shall provide oversight and coordination of the activities of each component institution within the system. (b) The board shall appoint an executive…

Sec. 95.21. GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY OF BOARD. (a) The board is responsible for the general control and management of the universities in the system and may erect, equip, and repair buildings; purchase libraries, furniture, apparatus, fuel, and other necessary suppl…

Sec. 95.22. INSPECTION OF UNIVERSITIES. The board as a whole or by committee shall visit each university under its control and management at least once during each scholastic year, inspect its work, and gather information which will enable the board to perform its duties intellig…

Sec. 95.23. LOCAL COMMITTEES OF BOARD. At least once a year each local committee of the board shall meet on the campus of the institution for which the local committee is responsible for reporting to the board. At the meeting, the local committee shall confer with the institution…

Sec. 95.24. ADMISSION; DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES. The board may determine the conditions on which students may be admitted to the universities, the grades of certificates issued, the conditions for the award of certificates and diplomas, and the authority by which certificates an…

Sec. 95.25. TEACHING CERTIFICATES. Diplomas and teachers certificates of each of the system universities authorize the holders to teach in the public schools. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3220, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1160, ch…

Sec. 95.27. ANNUAL REPORT TO GOVERNOR. The board shall make an annual report to the governor showing the general condition of the affairs of each university in the system and making recommendations for its future management and welfare. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3220, ch. 1024, ar…

Sec. 95.28. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS. All appropriations made by the legislature for the support and maintenance of the system universities, for the purchase of land or buildings for the universities, for the erection or repair of buildings, for the purchase of apparatus, libraries,…

Sec. 95.29. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. The board shall file in each house of the legislature at each of its regular biennial sessions a statement of the receipts and expenditures of each of the system universities, showing the amount of salaries paid to the various…

Sec. 95.30. EMINENT DOMAIN. The board has the power of eminent domain to acquire for the use of the system universities the lands necessary and proper for carrying out their purposes, in the manner prescribed in Title 4, Chapter 21, of the Property Code. The taking of the land is…

Sec. 95.31. ACQUISITION OF LAND; PROCEDURES. The board may acquire land, including the improvements thereupon, needed for the proper operation of a system university. The acquisition may be by grant, purchase, lease, exchange, gift, devise, or by condemnation. If the board and th…

Sec. 95.32. DORMITORIES. (a) The board may enter into contracts with persons, firms, or corporations for the erection of dormitories at a university, and may purchase or lease lands and other appurtenances for the construction of the dormitories, provided that the state incurs no…

Sec. 95.33. MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY. The board of regents of the Texas State University System has the sole and exclusive management and control of the lands set aside and appropriated to, or acquired by, the Texas State University System. The board may sell, lease, and otherwise …

Sec. 95.34. DONATIONS, GIFTS, GRANTS, AND ENDOWMENTS. (a) The board may accept donations, gifts, grants, and endowments for the universities under its control to be held in trust and administered by the board for the purposes and under the directions, limitations, and provisions …

Sec. 95.36. MANAGEMENT AND LEASE OF LAND. (a) The board may lease for oil, gas, sulphur, ore, and other mineral development all land under its control. The board may make and enter into pooling agreements, division orders, or other contracts necessary in the management and develo…

Sec. 95.37. DELINQUENT STUDENT LOAN ACCOUNTS; VENUE. A suit by the Texas State University System on its own behalf or on behalf of a component institution of the Texas State University System to recover a delinquent student loan, account, or debt owed to the Texas State Universit…

Sec. 96.01. SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY. Sul Ross State University is a coeducational institution of higher education located in the city of Alpine, with an educational center known as Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College operated in the cities of Del Rio, Eagle Pass, and U…

Sec. 96.02. REFERENCE TO UVALDE STUDY CENTER. A reference in law to the Uvalde Study Center of Sul Ross State University means Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 118, Sec. 3, eff. May 17, 1995. SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Sec. 96.41. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY. Texas State University is a coeducational institution of higher education with campuses located in the city of San Marcos and in the city of Round Rock. The university is under the management and control of the Board of Regents, Texas State Uni…