CHAPTER 109A. ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBTITLE F. OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
CHAPTER 109A. ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY
Sec. 109A.001. ESTABLISHMENT; SCOPE. (a) Angelo State
University is a general academic teaching institution located in
the city of San Angelo.
(b) The university is a component institution of the Texas Tech
University System and is under the management and control of the
board of regents of the Texas Tech University System. The board
of regents has the same powers and duties concerning Angelo State
University as are conferred on the board by statute concerning
Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
179, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 109A.002. COURSES AND DEGREES; RULES; AFFILIATION
AGREEMENTS; JOINT APPOINTMENTS. (a) The board of regents, with
the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,
may prescribe courses at the university leading to customary
degrees as are offered at leading American educational
institutions and may award those degrees, including
baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees and their
equivalents.
(b) A new department, school, or degree program may not be
instituted at the university without the prior approval of the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(c) The board of regents shall adopt rules for the operation,
control, and management of the university as may be necessary for
the conduct of the university as one of the first class.
(d) The board may enter into an affiliation or coordination
agreement with any other entity or institution in this state to
further the purposes of the university.
(e) The board may make joint faculty appointments in Angelo
State University and in other institutions under its governance.
The board may make a joint faculty appointment in Angelo State
University concurrently with the appointment of the faculty
member by another institution of higher education in accordance
with an affiliation agreement described by Subsection (d). The
salary of a person who receives a joint appointment shall be
apportioned to the appointing institutions on the basis of
services rendered.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
179, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 109A.003. OBLIGATIONS AND BENEFITS OF STATE LAW. The
university is subject to the obligations and entitled to the
benefits of all laws of this state applicable to all other state
institutions of higher education, except that this subchapter
prevails to the extent of any conflict between this subchapter
and any other law of this state.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
179, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 109A.004. MILITARY TRAINING. The university may not
require a student to participate in military training as a
condition for admission to or graduation from the university.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.
179, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Sec. 109A.005. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER SAN ANGELO MUSEUM OF FINE
ARTS. (a) In this section, "nonprofit organization" means an
organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section
501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization
described by Section 501(c)(3) of that code.
(b) The board of regents may transfer title to the real property
and improvements of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to a
nonprofit organization if:
(1) before transferring title, the board of regents holds a
public meeting at which the transfer is an agenda item and, in
addition to any other notice required, gives notice of the
meeting by publishing the subject matter, location, date, and
time of the meeting in a newspaper having general circulation in
the city of San Angelo;
(2) the board of regents determines that:
(A) the transfer will serve the interests of the university and
the public; and
(B) at the time of the transfer, the university does not require
the entirety of the real property or improvements for educational
purposes; and
(3) the nonprofit organization to which the transfer is proposed
to be made has demonstrated, to the satisfaction of the board of
regents, that the organization intends to continue to:
(A) use the real property and improvements for public purposes,
including educational purposes; and
(B) keep the museum open to the public on a frequent and regular
basis.
(c) To make a transfer under this section, the chairman of the
board of regents shall execute a deed transferring title to the
real property and improvements of the San Angelo Museum of Fine
Arts to the nonprofit organization. The deed must:
(1) cite the authorization by the board of regents to make the
transfer; and
(2) provide that title to the real property and improvements
reverts to the Texas Tech University System if the nonprofit
organization:
(A) discontinues using the real property or improvements for
public purposes as required by the deed; or
(B) executes a document that purports to convey title.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch.
52, Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2009.