Tex. Const. art. VII, § 11b · Article 7. EDUCATION
EXPANDED INVESTMENT AUTHORITY FOR PERMANENT UNIVERSITY FUND.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Notwithstanding any other provision of this constitution, in managing the assets of the permanent university fund, the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System may acquire, exchange, sell, supervise, manage, or retain, through procedures and subject to restrictions it establishes and in amounts it considers appropriate, any kind of investment, including investments in the Texas growth fund created by Article XVI, Section 70, of this constitution, that prudent investors, exercising reasonable care, skill, and caution, would acquire or retain in light of the purposes, terms, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the fund then prevailing, taking into consideration the investment of all the assets of the fund rather than a single investment.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Added Nov. 8, 1988; amended Nov. 7, 1995, and Nov. 2, 1999.)
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Const. art. VII, § 11b. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
Finance Code
- Tex. Fin. Code § 14.113TEXAS FINANCIAL EDUCATION ENDOWMENT.Printed as Section 11b, Article VII, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Fin. Code § 156.501RECOVERY FUND.Printed as Section 11b, Article VII, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Fin. Code § 156.553MANAGEMENT OF FUND.Printed as Section 11b, Article VII, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Fin. Code § 341.602STATE-LICENSED RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR RECOVERY FUND.Printed as Section 11b, Article VII, Texas Constitution
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