VERNON'S TEXAS 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.