CHAPTER 2255. PRIVATE DONORS OR ORGANIZATIONS
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE F. STATE AND LOCAL CONTRACTS AND FUND MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2255. PRIVATE DONORS OR ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 2255.001. RULES. (a) A state agency which is authorized
by statute to accept money from a private donor or for which a
private organization exists that is designed to further the
purposes and duties of the agency shall adopt rules governing the
relationship between:
(1) the donor or organization; and
(2) the agency and its employees.
(b) Rules adopted under this section shall govern all aspects of
conduct of the agency and its employees in the relationship,
including:
(1) administration and investment of funds received by the
organization for the benefit of the agency;
(2) use of an employee or property of the agency by the donor or
organization;
(3) service by an officer or employee of the agency as an
officer or director of the donor or organization; and
(4) monetary enrichment of an officer or employee of the agency
by the donor or organization.
(c) A rule adopted under this section may not conflict with or
supersede a requirement of a statute regulating:
(1) the conduct of an employee of a state agency; or
(2) the procedures of a state agency.
(d) A newly created state agency shall adopt rules under this
section as soon as possible after its creation.
(e) In this section, "state agency" means a department,
commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive
branch of state government created by the constitution or a
statute of this state, including a university system or an
institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
Education Code.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1993.