Tex. Educ. Code § 96.703 · Subchapter E. LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS
LAMAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In the city of Beaumont, the board shall establish and maintain a lower-division institution of higher education as a separate degree-granting institution to be known as Lamar Institute of Technology.
(b) The primary purpose of the institute is to teach technical and vocational courses and related supporting courses. The board may confer degrees appropriate to the institute's curriculum.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 287, Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2009.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 767, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1212, Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 287 (H.B. 51), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 287 (H.B. 51), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2009.
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