Texas Education Code Title 3, Chapter 86 - Texas A & M University

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 86.01 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "University" means Texas A & M University. (2) "Board" means the board of directors of The Texas A & M University...
• Texas Section 86.02 - Texas A & M University
  Texas A & M University is an institution of higher education located in the city of College Station. It is under the management and control...

SUBCHAPTER B POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD

• Texas Section 86.03 - Leading Object
  The leading object of the university shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning...
• Texas Section 86.11 - Appointment Of President, Officers, Professors
  The board shall appoint the president, the professors, and other officers it deems proper to keep the university in successful operation. It may abolish any...
• Texas Section 86.12 - Entomologist
  The president and board shall employ an expert entomologist, one or more, as may be deemed necessary, whose duty it shall be to devise, if...
• Texas Section 86.13 - Civil Engineer; Soil Conservation Demonstrations
  The board shall employ a graduate civil engineer of the university who has a practical and scientific knowledge of the conservation of moisture and soil...
• Texas Section 86.14 - Special Summer School
  The board shall provide for a special summer school of at least two months each year for the training of special students who shall be...
• Texas Section 86.15 - Summer Sessions; Elementary Agriculture For Teachers
  The board shall require the teaching of elementary agriculture for teachers in the summer sessions. Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3203, ch. 1024, art. 1,...
• Texas Section 86.16 - Firemen's Training School
  (a) The Texas A&M University System shall conduct and maintain a firemen's training school through the Texas Engineering Extension Service as a unit of the...
• Texas Section 86.17 - Adjunct In Kimble County
  The board may establish in Kimble County an adjunct of the university to be located on land furnished without cost to the state. The board...
• Texas Section 86.18 - Graduate Programs; Contracts With Baylor University
  The university may enter into contracts and agreements with Baylor University for joint participation in graduate programs that may be designed to benefit the state....
• Texas Section 86.20 - Airport
  The university may own and operate an airport, may accept federal aid and money for those purposes, and may enter into sponsor's assurance agreements with...
• Texas Section 86.21 - Perpetual Fund
  The money arising from the sale of the 180,000 acres of land donated to this state by the United States under the provisions of an...
• Texas Section 86.22 - Accrued Interest
  The interest heretofore collected by the State Board of Education in accordance with the provisions of the act of August 21, 1876, due at the...
• Texas Section 86.23 - Name Of System And Component Institutions And Agencies
  (a) The board by resolution may change the name of the system or of any institution, agency, or service under the control and management of...

SUBCHAPTER C REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER

• Texas Section 86.24 - Establishment Of A Cemetery
  (a) The board may dedicate land owned by The Texas A&M University System within the Bush Presidential Library site to be used as a cemetery....
• Texas Section 86.51 - Real Estate Research Center
  There is established at Texas A&M University a Real Estate Research Center, hereinafter referred to as the center. The operating budget, staffing, and activities of...
• Texas Section 86.52 - Real Estate Research Advisory Committee
  (a) The Real Estate Research Advisory Committee is created. (b) The advisory committee is composed of nine persons appointed by the governor, without regard to...
• Texas Section 86.53 - Purposes, Objectives, And Duties Of The Center
  The purposes, objectives, and duties of the center are as follows: (1) to conduct studies in all areas that relate directly or indirectly to real...
• Texas Section 86.54 - Publication Charges; Gifts And Grants
  The center may make a charge for its publications and may receive gifts and grants from foundations, individuals, and other sources for the benefit of...

SUBCHAPTER E OTHER COMPONENTS OF UNIVERSITY

• Texas Section 86.55 - Annual Report
  A report of the activities and accomplishments of the center shall be published annually. Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3342, ch. 1024, art....
• Texas Section 86.81 - Center For Texas Beaches And Shores
  (a) The Center for Texas Beaches and Shores is a component of Texas A&M University. (b) The center is under the management and direction of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016