Texas Education Code - EDUC § 135.105. Facilities

(a) The participating institutions may, under the terms of the partnership agreement, make provisions for adequate physical facilities for use by the institutions.

(b) The participating institutions may individually or collectively lease, purchase, finance, construct, or rehabilitate physical facilities under this section appropriate to partnership needs.  The owning or financing of facilities under this section promotes the public purpose of supporting higher education and further promotes the public purpose of developing and diversifying the economy of this state and eliminating unemployment and underemployment in this state under the authority granted by Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.

(c) A participating institution of higher education may lease facilities from or to another participating institution for administrative and instructional purposes.

(d) Participating institutions may solicit, accept, and administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to the participating institutions, gifts, grants, or donations of any kind and from any source for facilities and equipment.

(e) A facility used for the purposes of a partnership agreement under this subchapter is not considered a facility used to operate an extension program under Section 135.06.