CHAPTER 1. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

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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.

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