CHAPTER 72. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN

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EDUCATION CODE

TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION

SUBTITLE C. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

CHAPTER 72. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN

Sec. 72.01. ESTABLISHMENT. The Board of Regents of The

University of Texas System shall establish and maintain a fully

state-supported coeducational institution of higher education to

be known as The University of Texas of the Permian Basin and to

be organized to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses

but the Board of Regents may establish The University of Texas of

the Permian Basin as a general academic teaching institution, as

defined by Section 61.003 of this code, offering a standard

four-year undergraduate program.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1684, ch. 314,

Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 1,

eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 72.02. COURSES AND DEGREES. The board of regents may

prescribe courses leading to such customary degrees as are

offered at leading American universities and may award those

degrees. It is the intent of the legislature that those degrees

include baccalaureate and master's degrees and their equivalents;

but no department, school, or degree program shall be instituted

except with the prior approval of the Texas Higher Education

Coordinating Board.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 1,

eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Sec. 72.03. OTHER RULES AND REGULATIONS. The board of regents

shall make other rules and regulations for the operation,

control, and management of the university, including the

determination of the number of students that shall be admitted to

any school, college, or degree-granting program, as may be

necessary for the conduct of the university as one of the first

class.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 72.04. JOINT APPOINTMENTS. The board of regents is

specifically authorized to make joint appointments in the

university and in other institutions under its governance. The

salary of any such person who receives a joint appointment shall

be apportioned to the appointing institution on the basis of

services rendered.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3167, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 72.05. BOARD MAY ACCEPT GRANTS AND GIFTS. The board of

regents may accept and administer, on terms and conditions

satisfactory to it, grants or gifts of property, including real

estate or money, or any part of existing junior college

facilities that may be tendered to it in aid of the planning,

establishment, conduct, and operation of The University of Texas

of the Permian Basin, and in aid of research and teaching at the

university. The board of regents may accept from the federal

government or any foundation, trust fund, corporation, or

individual donations, gifts, and grants, including real estate,

buildings, libraries, laboratories, apparatus, equipment,

records, or money for the use and benefit of the university.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3168, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 72.06. LOCATION. (a) The board of regents shall establish

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin at a site consisting

of at least 200 acres, unless otherwise specifically acceptable

to the board.

(b) The site shall, within a reasonable length of time, be

accessible to roads, and shall be accessible to required

utilities at the perimeter of the site. The site shall be

accessible to, and within a reasonable distance of, the present

site of the Odessa College Campus in Odessa.

however, the site may extend into an adjoining county. If, within

the discretion of the board, those sites made available within

the provisions of this chapter are not suitable and other sites

are suitable, then the board may accept and acquire a similar

site wholly or partly in an adjoining county; however, that site

may not be outside a 12-mile radius from the present campus of

Odessa College in Odessa.

(d) The board is authorized to accept and acquire and shall

accept and acquire a site for such college within the provisions

of this chapter and the land for the site shall be deeded by

proper conveyance free and clear of debt, to the state.

(e) The board shall in no event delay the acquisition of land

for the institution created by the provisions of this chapter

later than December 31, 1969.

(f) The board must follow the provisions of this chapter with

respect to site and any decision reached to the contrary shall be

null and void and all laws to the contrary are hereby expressly

repealed.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3168, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff.

Sept. 1, 1971.

Sec. 72.07. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS. (a) If The University of

Texas of the Permian Basin is established as a general academic

teaching institution under Section 72.01 of this code, the board

of regents shall provide for the admission to the university of

entering freshmen and of undergraduate transfer students with

less than 54 semester hours of college credit at the university.

(b) In addition to other qualitative criteria that the board of

regents may establish, the board shall provide that the admission

criteria to the university for entering freshmen and for

undergraduate transfer students be no less stringent than the

criteria for admission to another four-year general academic

teaching institution in The University of Texas System for those

students.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,

1991.

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