POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS.

Text of section effective September 1, 1998, provided that the transfer authorized by section 1 of Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1176 takes effect and the transfer is made to a university system other than The Texas A&M University System

(a) The board may:

(1) prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily offered in leading American upper-level educational institutions;

(2) award the degrees described by Subdivision (1);

(3) enter into an affiliation or coordination agreement with an entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for the operation of a first-class upper-level educational institution;

(4) make joint appointments in the Public University for Central Texas and another institution within the same university system; and

(5) adopt rules for the operation, control, and management of the institution as necessary for the operation of a first-class upper-level educational institution, including rules governing the number of students who may be admitted to any program at the institution.

(b) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment under Subsection (a)(4) must be apportioned among the institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of the services rendered.