The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may finance and carry out certain property and infrastructure projects for listed universities, subject to bond-financing limits, and it may pledge revenue funds to repay those bonds.
Sec. 55.1713. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. (a) In addition to the authority granted by Sections 55.13, 55.14, 55.17, 55.171, 55.1711, 55.1712, and 55.19 of this code, the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate, enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities, roads, or related infrastructure for the following institutions to be financed by the issuance of bonds in accordance with this subchapter and in accordance with a systemwide revenue financing program adopted by the board in aggregate principal amounts not to exceed the following amounts: (1) Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, $22 million; (2) Texas A&M International University, $36 million; and (3) Texas A&M University--Kingsville, $17 million. (b) The board may pledge irrevocably to the payment of those bonds all or any part of the revenue funds of an institution, branch, or entity of The Texas A&M University System, including student tuition charges required or authorized by law to be imposed on students enrolled at an institution, branch, or entity of The Texas A&M University System. The amount of a pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to refund those bonds, are outstanding. (c) If sufficient funds are not available to the board to meet its obligations under this section, the board may transfer funds among institutions, branches, and entities of The Texas A&M University System to ensure the most equitable and efficient allocation of available resources for each institution, branch, or entity to carry out its constitutional and statutory duties and purposes. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 803, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.