CHAPTER 1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
VERNON'S CIVIL STATUTES
TITLE 49. EDUCATION--PUBLIC
CHAPTER 1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Art. 2603b-2. CONVEYANCE OF TRACT TO EL PASO COUNTY; STADIUM
SITE; LEASE AGREEMENT.
Section 1. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas is
hereby authorized and empowered to select a tract of land not
exceeding sixty-five (65) acres upon the campus of Texas Western
College, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, a part of The University
of Texas System, and to convey such tract so selected to the
County of El Paso, Texas, as a stadium site upon which site will
be erected and constructed a stadium, parking areas, access
roads, and related facilities by the County of El Paso, Texas, at
its expense, said conveyance to provide that title to said tract
of land shall revert to the Board of Regents should such stadium
be abandoned permanently, and said conveyance to contain such
other considerations as may be mutually agreeable to the Board of
Regents and the County of El Paso.
Sec. 2. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas is
further authorized to contract with the County of El Paso for the
leasing of the stadium to the Board of Regents of The University
of Texas for the use and benefit of Texas Western College by the
County of El Paso for a term of ninety-nine (99) years at a
consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) per year, said lease to
provide for a reservation of use by the County of El Paso for the
staging of the Sun Bowl activities and such other considerations
as may be mutually agreeable to the Board of Regents and the
County of El Paso; said Board of Regents to grant easements to
the County of El Paso for right-of-way for public ways as will
provide adequate ingress and egress by the public in using said
stadium.
Sec. 3. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas and the
County of El Paso are hereby authorized to execute and deliver
all instruments, including a deed of conveyance and a lease
agreement, and do all things necessary to carry out the purpose
and intent of this law.
Acts 1961, 57th Leg., p. 23, ch. 13.
Art. 2603b-4. CONVEYANCE OF TRACT TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN EL
PASO COUNTY; SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER AND RELATED FACILITIES; JOINT
USE; EASEMENTS.
Section 1. (a) The Board of Regents of The University of Texas
System is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with any
political subdivision of the State of Texas located in El Paso
County for the conveyance to the political subdivision of a tract
or tracts of land owned by The University of Texas at El Paso, a
component institution of The University of Texas System, for the
purpose of construction by the political subdivision at its own
expense of a special events center and related facilities,
including parking areas and access roads.
(b) The conveyance shall provide that title to the tract of land
shall revert to the Board of Regents of The University of Texas
System if the special events center and related facilities are
abandoned permanently, and the conveyance shall contain such
other consideration as may be mutually agreeable to the Board of
Regents of The University of Texas System and the political
subdivision.
Sec. 2. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System is
further authorized to contract with the political subdivision for
the joint use of the special events center and related facilities
by The University of Texas at El Paso and the political
subdivision under terms and for considerations as may be mutually
agreeable to the parties. The Board of Regents of The University
of Texas System is further authorized to grant easements for
rights-of-way to provide adequate ingress and egress by the
public in using the special events center and related facilities.
Sec. 3. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
and the political subdivision with whom the Board of Regents of
The University of Texas System may contract are hereby authorized
to execute and deliver all instruments, including a deed of
conveyance and a contract of use, and do all things necessary to
carry out the purpose and intent of this Act.
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 1224, ch. 553, eff. Aug. 28, 1967.
Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 883, ch. 114, Sec. 1, eff.
May 7, 1971.
Art. 2603c1. VALIDATION OF PROCEEDINGS AND BONDS PURCHASED BY
FEDERAL AGENCIES. Severally all the acts of the Board of Regents
of the University of Texas, the Board of Directors of the
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, the Board of
Directors of Texas Technological College, the Board of Regents of
the State Teachers Colleges, the Board of Regents of the Texas
State College for Women, and the Board of Directors of the Texas
College of Arts and Industries, heretofore had in the
authorization, issuance, and delivery of bonds, notes or
warrants, evidencing loans made to accomplish purposes authorized
under the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of the Second Called
Session of the Forty-third Legislature, and amendments thereto,
and all other laws of the State of Texas, relating to such bonds,
notes or warrants, including the construction, acquisition and
equipping of dormitories, kitchens and dining halls, hospitals,
libraries, student activity buildings, gymnasia, athletic
buildings and stadia, and other buildings, are hereby in all
things validated. Any such bonds, notes or warrants heretofore
issued, or that may be issued hereafter, pursuant to any order or
resolution of any such Board of Directors or Board of Regents
heretofore adopted, are in all things fully validated, and such
bonds, notes or warrants, the pledge of the revenues by any such
Board of Directors or such Board of Regents to secure and assure
the payment of such obligations, and the provisions and covenants
as to rates and charges supporting such pledges are in all things
ratified, and such bonds, notes or warrants are hereby declared
to be the valid and binding special obligations of such Board of
Directors or such Board of Regents, to be paid out of revenues
pledged and not otherwise obligations of such respective
institutions. It is hereby made the duty of said Boards of
Directors and of said Boards of Regents to fix, maintain and
collect charges or rates, sufficient for a reasonable reserve and
to pay the interest as it accrues and the principal as it matures
of any such bonds, notes or warrants heretofore or hereafter
authorized by such Boards.
Provided, however, that the provisions of this Act shall apply
only to such bonds, notes, or warrants as have heretofore or may
hereafter be purchased by the Government of the United States or
some agency thereof, or which bonds, notes, or warrants are under
contract of purchase by the Federal Government or any agency
thereof.
Acts 1939, 46th Leg., p. 689, Sec. 1.
Art. 2603c2. VALIDATION OF PROCEEDINGS AND BONDS PURCHASED BY
FEDERAL AGENCIES; DUTIES OF BOARDS. Severally all the acts of
the Board of Regents of the University of Texas, the Board of
Directors of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas,
the Board of Directors of Texas Technological College, the Board
of Regents of the State Teachers Colleges, the Board of Regents
of the Texas State College for Women, and the Board of Directors
of the Texas College of Arts and Industries, heretofore had in
the authorization, issuance, and delivery of bonds, notes or
warrants, evidencing loans made to accomplish purposes authorized
under the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of the Second Called
Session of the Forty-third Legislature, and amendments thereto,
and all other laws of the State of Texas, relating to such bonds,
notes, or warrants, including the construction, acquisition and
equipment of dormitories, kitchens, and dining halls, hospitals,
libraries, student activity buildings, gymnasia, athletic
buildings and stadia, dormitories for help, laundries, and other
buildings, are hereby in all things validated. Any such bonds,
notes or warrants heretofore issued, or that may be issued
hereafter, pursuant to any order or resolution of any such Board
of Directors or Board of Regents heretofore adopted, are in all
things fully validated, and such bonds, notes, or warrants, the
pledge of the revenues by any such Board of Directors or such
Board of Regents to secure and assure the payment of such
obligations, and the provisions and covenants as to rates and
charges supporting such pledges, are in all things validated, and
such bonds, notes, or warrants are hereby declared to be the
valid and binding special obligations of such respective Boards
of Directors or Boards of Regents, secured by the revenues
pledged and not otherwise. It is hereby made the duty of each
such Board of Directors or Board of Regents to fix, maintain, and
collect charges or rates, sufficient for a reasonable reserve and
to pay the interest as it accrues and the principal as it matures
of such bonds, notes, or warrants heretofore or hereafter
authorized by such Board, as provided in the resolution
authorizing such bonds, notes, or warrants.
Acts 1941, 47th Leg., p. 663, ch. 404, Sec. 1.
Art. 2603i. IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES OF INSTITUTE OF MARINE
SCIENCE, PORT ARANSAS.
Section 1. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas is
hereby authorized to improve the facilities of the Institute of
Marine Science, Port Aransas, Texas, an organized research unit
of the Main University, Austin, Texas, by constructing and
equipping a Research Building on the premises now occupied by the
Institute, and by acquiring by purchase, gift, or otherwise any
part or all of a strip of land 100 feet by 350 feet adjacent to
or near the premises of the Institute of Marine Science, Port
Aransas, Texas, wherever the same is accessible to water for the
purpose of dredging and maintaining dock facilities for boats
owned by The University of Texas.
Sec. 2. The construction and equipping of the Research Building
and the acquisition of a site for dock facilities may be financed
wholly or in part from any of the following sources: gifts and
grants, federal funds, or the Available University Fund.
Sec. 3. The title to the land acquired shall be taken in the name
of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas and shall be
subject to the control and management of the Board of Regents in
the same manner and to the extent that the lands now held by The
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, are held and controlled;
provided, however, that if said property is donated to The
University of Texas, the deed may provide for reversion of the
title to the donor if the property is not used and maintained for
the purpose of providing docking facilities for university boats.
Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 110, ch. 59.
Art. 2603j. EXCHANGE OF LAND WITH DALLAS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT
FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
Authority of board of regents; trade and exchange; description;
deed
Section 1. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas is
hereby authorized and empowered to trade and exchange not more
than ten (10) acres of land on the western corner of the campus
of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas,
Texas, being bound on the north by Inwood Road and on the south
by the right-of-way of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Gulf
Railway, the same being in the Wm. B. Coats Survey, Abstract No.
236, Dallas County, Texas, for a tract of land of seven and
one-half (7-1/2) acres, more or less, belonging to the Dallas
County Hospital District, adjacent to the Parkland Memorial
Hospital, Dallas, Texas, the same being in the A. Bahn Survey,
Abstract No. 182, and/or the Wm. B. Coats Survey, Abstract No.
236, Dallas County, Texas, and to accomplish such trade and
exchange the Board of Regents of The University of Texas is
authorized and directed to convey on behalf of the State of Texas
the ten (10) acre tract of land heretofore described in this
Section to the Dallas County Hospital District, owner of the
seven and one-half (7-1/2) acre tract above described, upon the
execution and delivery of a good and sufficient deed of
conveyance from the Dallas County Hospital District to the State
of Texas for the use and benefit of the Board of Regents of The
University of Texas of the seven and one-half (7-1/2) acre tract.
Conveyance to Children's Medical Center of Dallas; purpose;
facility for University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Sec. 2. The Board of Regents of The University of Texas on
behalf of the State of Texas is hereby authorized and empowered
to convey the seven and one-half (7-1/2) acre tract received in
exchange from the Dallas County Hospital District to the
governing board of the Children's Medical Center of Dallas,
Dallas County, Texas, for a construction site of a children's
hospital in consideration of the same being made available as a
full-time teaching facility for The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas; provided, however,
that neither The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
nor the Board of Regents of The University of Texas shall ever
incur any financial obligation or expend any funds appropriated
by the Legislature for the construction, maintenance, or
operation of such children's hospital.
Execution of deed; attestation
Sec. 3. The deed of conveyance of the land exchanged and of the
seven and one-half (7-1/2) acres conveyed to the governing board
of the Children's Medical Center of Dallas by the Board of
Regents of The University of Texas for and on behalf of the State
of Texas shall be executed by the Chairman of the Board of
Regents of The University of Texas and attested by its Secretary
pursuant to a resolution directing such conveyance.
Contents of deeds; contractual terms
Sec. 4. Each deed to be executed as provided for in this Act
shall contain by reference any and all easements, reversions, and
restrictions to which any tract or tracts conveyed by any party
is subject or agreed upon; provided, however, that no deeds shall
be exchanged until a contract is negotiated and executed between
the Board of Regents of The University of Texas and the governing
board of the Children's Medical Center of Dallas which shall
obligate the governing board of the Children's Medical Center to
construct and operate a children's hospital as a teaching
hospital fully integrated with the medical program of The
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, without cost to
the State of Texas and which contract shall contain such other
terms and conditions as the Board of Regents of The University of
Texas shall deem reasonable.
Acts 1961, 55th Leg., p. 215, ch. 113.