Texas Education Code - EDUC § 75.204. Operation and Management

(a) The administration of the institute is under the direction of the chancellor of The University of Texas System and the board through the presidents of the health science center and the university.

(b) The costs of the operation and management of the institute may be paid from money appropriated for that purpose and from other money from any public or private source.  The institute shall retain all indirect costs received or recovered under a grant or contract.

(c) The board may make joint appointments of faculty or other personnel to the institute and to either or both the health science center and the university.  The salary of a person receiving a joint appointment shall be apportioned on the basis of services rendered.

(d) The institute shall be located in facilities determined appropriate by the board.