Tex. Educ. Code § 85.21 · Subchapter C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall make bylaws, rules, and regulations it deems necessary and proper for the government of the university system and its institutions, agencies, and services. The board shall regulate the course of study and prescribe the course of discipline necessary to enforce the faithful discharge of the duties of the officers, faculty, and students.
(b) The board is specifically authorized, upon terms and conditions acceptable to it, to accept and administer gifts, donations, grants, and endowments, from any source, for use by the system or any of the components of the system. The board may retain such funds in local fund accounts.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3191, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2053, ch. 377, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1983.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.85.htm
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- 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
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