EDUCATION CODE

CHAPTER 72. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 1684, ch. 314, § 1, 
eff. Aug. 29, 1983;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 77, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1991.


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


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.


	§ 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.
	(c)  The board shall select a site which is in Ector County;  
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, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.


	§ 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, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.