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Texas Education Code - Section 73.502. Transfer Of Gifts, Grants, Unexpended Balances, Contracts, And Obligations

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§ 73.502. TRANSFER OF GIFTS, GRANTS, UNEXPENDED BALANCES, 
CONTRACTS, AND OBLIGATIONS.  Any gifts, grants, unexpended 
balances of appropriated or unappropriated funds, and all movable 
equipment held by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental 
Retardation for, on behalf of, or for the use and benefit of the 
Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences are hereby transferred 
to The University of Texas System;  provided, however, that all 
previously appropriated funds for statewide training of department 
personnel and program evaluation by the institute shall be retained 
by the department.  All contracts and written obligations of every 
kind and character entered into by the Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation for and on behalf of the Texas 
Research Institute of Mental Sciences are ratified, confirmed, and 
validated, and in all such contracts and written obligations, the 
board of regents of The University of Texas System is substituted in 
lieu and shall stand and act in place and stead of the Texas 
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;  provided, 
however, that an advisory committee shall be established with 
regard to research protocols and the commissioner of the department 
shall be a member;  provided further, that The University of Texas 
System may contract with the department for continued extramural 
and other laboratory consultative services.  The Texas Department 
of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Harris County, and the 
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County 
shall provide for the continuity of inpatient and outpatient care 
of the patients and programs operated at the Texas Research 
Institute of Mental Sciences and may contract for the provision of 
such services in accordance with the provisions of and 
appropriations provided in the General Appropriations Act.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 848, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.           

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