CHAPTER 2255. PRIVATE DONORS OR ORGANIZATIONS - Texas Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT

SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 2255. PRIVATE DONORS OR ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 2255.001. RULES. (a) A state agency which is authorized

by statute to accept money from a private donor or for which a

private organization exists that is designed to further the

purposes and duties of the agency shall adopt rules governing the

relationship between:

(1) the donor or organization; and

(2) the agency and its employees.

(b) Rules adopted under this section shall govern all aspects of

conduct of the agency and its employees in the relationship,

including:

(1) administration and investment of funds received by the

organization for the benefit of the agency;

(2) use of an employee or property of the agency by the donor or

organization;

(3) service by an officer or employee of the agency as an

officer or director of the donor or organization; and

(4) monetary enrichment of an officer or employee of the agency

by the donor or organization.

(c) A rule adopted under this section may not conflict with or

supersede a requirement of a statute regulating:

(1) the conduct of an employee of a state agency; or

(2) the procedures of a state agency.

(d) A newly created state agency shall adopt rules under this

section as soon as possible after its creation.

(e) In this section, "state agency" means a department,

commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive

branch of state government created by the constitution or a

statute of this state, including a university system or an

institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,

Education Code.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1993.