EDUCATION CODE
CHAPTER 78. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE
§ 78.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The
University of Texas System.
(2) "University" means The University of Texas at
Brownsville.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
§ 78.02. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) The board shall
establish an institution of higher education in the City of
Brownsville, to be known as The University of Texas at Brownsville.
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), the
university shall teach only junior-, senior-, and graduate-level
courses.
(c) The university may enter into a partnership agreement
with the Southmost Union Junior College District in the manner
authorized by Subchapter N, Chapter 51, to offer a lower-division,
occupational, or technical course that is not offered at the
university.
(d) The university shall, subject to the authority of the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, offer basic
lower-division courses to support bachelor of arts and bachelor of
science degree programs. If the Southmost Union Junior College
District provides regular operational support for Texas Southmost
College and the partnership with the university authorized by
Subsection (c), the university may offer additional lower-division
courses.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 77.31 and amended
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 920, § 1, eff. June 18,
1997.
§ 78.03. COURSES AND DEGREES. (a) The board may
authorize the university to offer any upper-level or graduate
course which is authorized by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
(b) The board shall offer a broad array of courses at the
university.
(c) The board shall award degrees in the name of The
University of Texas at Brownsville.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 77.32 and amended
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
§ 78.04. FACILITIES. The board shall make provisions
for adequate physical facilities for use by the university, on land
committed by the board of trustees of the Southmost Union Junior
College District on the district's Texas Southmost College campus,
subject to the normal requirements of the board and the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 77.33 and amended
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 920, § 2, eff. June 18,
1997.
§ 78.05. GIFTS AND GRANTS. The board may accept and
administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to it, gifts,
grants, or donations of any kind and from any source for use by The
University of Texas at Brownsville.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 77.34 and amended
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
§ 78.06. TRANSFER OF FUNDS; JOINT
APPOINTMENTS. (a) Unless otherwise specifically restricted,
funds may be transferred to the university to implement this
chapter.
(b) The board may make joint faculty appointments to a
position in the university and to a position in another institution
under its governance. The salary of a person receiving a joint
appointment shall be apportioned between the university and the
other institution on the basis of services rendered.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 181, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 77.35 and amended
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 305, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
§ 78.07. LOWER-DIVISION ADMISSIONS. The board, with
the concurrence of the board of trustees of the Southmost Union
Junior College District, shall determine the number of entering
freshmen who may be enrolled at the university each academic year.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 920, § 3, eff. June 18, 1997.
Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1100, § 1, eff. June 15,
2001.
§ 78.08. FORMULA FUNDING. Notwithstanding Section
61.059, a formula adopted by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board under that section shall provide that the
formula for upper-level general academic teaching institutions
shall be applied to upper-division semester credit hours at the
university for each state fiscal year preceding the state fiscal
year ending August 31, 2006.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 920, § 3, eff. June 18, 1997.
§ 78.09. CENTER FOR BORDER ECONOMIC AND ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPMENT. (a) The board shall establish a center for border
economic and enterprise development at The University of Texas at
Brownsville.
(b) The center established under this section may:
(1) develop and manage an economic database concerning
the Texas-Mexico border;
(2) perform economic development planning and
research;
(3) provide technical assistance to industrial and
governmental entities; and
(4) in cooperation with other state agencies,
coordinate economic and enterprise development planning activities
of state agencies to ensure that the economic needs of the
Texas-Mexico border are integrated within a comprehensive state
economic development plan.
(c) The center may offer seminars and conduct conferences
and other educational programs concerning the Texas-Mexico border
economy and economic and enterprise development within the state.
(d) The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and
donations to aid in the establishment, maintenance, and operation
of the center.
(e) The center established under this section shall
cooperate fully with similar programs operated by Texas A&M
International University, The University of Texas--Pan American,
The University of Texas at El Paso, and other institutions of higher
education.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 632, § 1, eff. June 13, 2001.
