By: Hughes S.B. No. 1223
(Clardy)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to suits against The University of Texas at Tyler.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 76.04, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 76.04. [SUITS;] VENUE[; CITATION]. [The board may sue
and be sued in the name of the institution.] Venue for a suit
against the university is in Smith or Travis County. [The
institution may be impleaded by service of citation on its
president, and legislative consent to suits against the institution
is granted.]
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of
this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that time, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.