CHAPTER 115. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS
EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBTITLE F. OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
CHAPTER 115. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS
Sec. 115.001. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOR CENTRAL TEXAS.
Text of section effective September 1, 1998, provided that the
transfer authorized by section 1 of Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch.
1176 takes effect and the transfer is made to a university system
other than The Texas A&M University System
(a) The Public University for Central Texas is a coeducational
upper-level educational institution located in the city of
Killeen. The institution is a component institution of higher
education of the university system to which that institution was
transferred pursuant to an Act of the 75th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1997, and is under the management and control of the
board of regents of that university system.
(b) The board of regents has the same powers and duties
concerning the Public University for Central Texas as are
conferred on the board by law concerning other component
institutions of the university system.
(c) The institution may accept only junior, senior, and
graduate-level students.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1176, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1,
1998.
Sec. 115.002. POWERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS.
Text of section effective September 1, 1998, provided that the
transfer authorized by section 1 of Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch.
1176 takes effect and the transfer is made to a university system
other than The Texas A&M University System
(a) The board may:
(1) prescribe courses leading to degrees customarily offered in
leading American upper-level educational institutions;
(2) award the degrees described by Subdivision (1);
(3) enter into an affiliation or coordination agreement with an
entity if reasonably necessary or desirable for the operation of
a first-class upper-level educational institution;
(4) make joint appointments in the Public University for Central
Texas and another institution within the same university system;
and
(5) adopt rules for the operation, control, and management of
the institution as necessary for the operation of a first-class
upper-level educational institution, including rules governing
the number of students who may be admitted to any program at the
institution.
(b) The salary of a person who receives a joint appointment
under Subsection (a)(4) must be apportioned among the
institutions to which the individual is appointed on the basis of
the services rendered.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1176, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1,
1998.