CHAPTER 70. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS - Texas Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION

SUBTITLE C. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 70. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Sec. 70.01. UNIVERSITY AUTHORIZED. The Board of Regents of The

University of Texas System shall establish and maintain a

state-supported general academic institution of higher education

to be known as The University of Texas at Dallas.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3164, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 70.02. LOCATION. The board shall locate The University of

Texas at Dallas on a site, to be selected in Dallas County,

consisting of not less than 250 acres of land that shall be

donated for that purpose without cost to the State of Texas. The

site may extend into any county adjacent to Dallas County.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3164, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 70.03. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may prescribe

courses leading to customary degrees offered at leading American

universities and may award those degrees. It is the intent of the

legislature that those degrees include bachelor's, master's, and

doctor's degrees, and their equivalents.

(b) No department, school, or degree program shall be instituted

except with the prior approval of the Coordinating Board, Texas

College and University System, or its successor.

(c) Initial programs and departments shall be limited to those

which existed in the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies on

September 1, 1969. Approval of these programs, their expansion,

and initiation of other programs shall be recommended by the

board of regents and approved by the coordinating board.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3164, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 70.04. RULES AND REGULATIONS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. The

board may adopt other rules and regulations for the operation,

control, and management of the university that are necessary for

the conduct of the university as one of the first class. The

board is specifically authorized to make joint appointments in

the university and in other institutions under its governance.

The salary of any person who receives a joint appointment shall

be apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of

services rendered.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3164, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 70.07. GRANTS AND GIFTS. The board may accept and

administer, on terms and conditions satisfactory to it, grants or

gifts of property, including real estate or money, that may be

tendered to it in aid of the planning, establishment, conduct,

and operation of The University of Texas at Dallas, and in aid of

the research and teaching at the university. The board may accept

from the federal government or any foundation, trust fund,

corporation, or individual donations, gifts, and grants,

including real estate, buildings, libraries, laboratories,

apparatus, equipment, records, or money for the use and benefit

of the university.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3165, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.