Tex. Educ. Code § 51.940 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
STUDENT DEBIT CARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may establish a program to provide students enrolled at the institution with a debit card.
(b) A student issued a debit card under the program may use the card to purchase merchandise or service available through the institution or through a person authorized to sell merchandise or service at the institution, as determined by the governing board.
(c) The program must allow a person who is in business to sell merchandise or service of the same kind as the merchandise or service that a student may purchase under Subsection (b) to participate in the program under the same or equivalent terms applicable to a person authorized to sell merchandise under Subsection (b) and accept a debit card payment from a student to whom a debit card has been issued under the program for purchase of that merchandise or service. The institution of higher education may assess participating businesses a fee sufficient to cover the cost of implementation and administration of this program.
(d) An institution of higher education may not administer or sponsor a debit card program for students of the institution that does not conform to this section.
(e) In this section:
(1) "Governing board" and "institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
(2) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.201, Business & Commerce Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 316, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 710, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e8397bd06a6f673f57734da436a1e662b774ee51ed020e10659dc83e73cd2d92
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.