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Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02 (2026)

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Sec. 65.02. ORGANIZATION. (a) The University of Texas System is composed of the following institutions and entities:

(1) The University of Texas at Arlington;

(2) The University of Texas at Austin;

(3) The University of Texas at Dallas;

(4) The University of Texas at El Paso;

(5) The University of Texas Permian Basin;

(6) The University of Texas at San Antonio;

(7) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;

(8) The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston;

(9) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston;

(10) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio;

(11) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center;

(12) Stephen F. Austin State University, a member of The University of Texas System;

(13) The University of Texas at Tyler; and

(14) The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

(b) The University of Texas System shall also be composed of such other institutions and entities as from time to time may be assigned by specific legislative act to the governance, control, jurisdiction, or management of The University of Texas System.

Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1186, ch. 435, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1973. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 644, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 1989; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 325, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1341 (S.B. 98), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 179 (H.B. 1844), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 1055), Sec. 6, eff. May 10, 2023.

SUBCHAPTER B. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS


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Cited in 47 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. v. Lance McKenzie, 578 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. 2019).
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Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. v. Lance McKenzie, 578 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. 2019). · cites it 2× “”); TEX. EDUC. CODE § 65.02(a) (“The University of Texas System is composed of the following institutions and entities: .”
Franka v. Velasquez, 332 S.W.3d 367 (Tex. 2011). · cites it 2× “2004) (holding that University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, part of University of Texas System, of which University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at San Antonio is another part, TEX. EDUC.CODE § 65.02(a)(7), is a governmental unit under the Tort Claims…”
Mota v. Univ. of Texas Houston Health Sci. Ctr., 261 F.3d 512 (5th Cir. 2001). “See Tex. Educ.Code §§ 65.02(a)(9) (Vernon’s 2001).”
Gwendolyn Daniel v. Univ of TX SW Health Sys., 960 F.3d 253 (5th Cir. 2020). “See TEX. EDUC. CODE § 65.02 (a)(7). 4 See Regents of the Univ.”
Lenoir v. U.T. Physicians, 491 S.W.3d 68 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2016). “Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 65.02 (b); see id.”
Meena Bansal v. Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr., 502 S.W.3d 347 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016). “Center is part of the University of Texas System) (amended 2001, 2009, and 2013) (current version at Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 65.02 (a)(ll)); Hencerling v.”
Univ. of Texas at Arlington v. Bishop, 997 S.W.2d 350 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1999). “filed); see also Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1991).”
Whitehead v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio, 854 S.W.2d 175 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1993). “See Tex.Educ. Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(10) (Vernon 1991).”
Jerry A. Powell v. Eric Knipp, 479 S.W.3d 394 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2015). “2004) (same); see also Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 65.02 (a)(7) (West Supp.”
Alobaidi v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston, 243 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2007). “See Tex Educ.Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(9) (Vernon 2002).”
Baldwin v. Univ. of Texas, 945 F. Supp. 1022 (S.D. Tex. 1996). “3 . The S-Form summary lists the number of surgical procedures performed by each resident during each year of their residency.”
City of Beaumont v. Bouillion, 873 S.W.2d 425 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 1993). · cites it 2× “See Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 65.02(a)(8), 74.-001 (Vernon 1991).”
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Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a): 3 cases
Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. v. Lance McKenzie, 578 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. 2019). “”); TEX. EDUC. CODE § 65.02(a) (“The University of Texas System is composed of the following institutions and entities: .”
Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston v. Crowder, 349 S.W.3d 640 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011).
Univ. Of TX. Health Sci. Ctr. v. Crowder, 349 S.W.3d 640 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(1): 2 cases
Univ. of Texas at Arlington v. Bishop, 997 S.W.2d 350 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1999). “filed); see also Tex.Educ.Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(1) (Vernon 1991).”
Univ. of Texas at Arlington v. James McMerchant, No. 15-25-00038-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. May 27, 2025).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(10): 4 cases
Whitehead v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio, 854 S.W.2d 175 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1993). “See Tex.Educ. Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(10) (Vernon 1991).”
Bustillos v. Jacobs, 190 S.W.3d 728 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2005).
Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at San Antonio v. Mata & Bordini, Inc., 2 S.W.3d 312 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1999).
Ripley v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr., 400 F. Supp. 2d 933 (W.D. Tex. 2005).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(11): 2 cases
MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. v. Bing Wang, No. 01-23-00911-CV, 2024 WL 2853698 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] June 6, 2024).
Univ. of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. v. Karen Jones, No. 14-15-00266-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] May 29, 2015).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(2): 4 cases
O'Rourke v. United States, 298 F. Supp. 2d 531 (E.D. Tex. 2004).
Whittney Ford v. Univ. of Texas at Austin, No. 15-25-00123-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Aug. 25, 2025).
Whittney Ford v. Univ. of Texas at Austin, No. 15-25-00123-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Aug. 25, 2025).
Whittney Ford v. Jim Davis, No. 15-25-00123-CV (Tex. App.—15th Dist. Oct. 31, 2025).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(7): 5 cases
Franka v. Velasquez, 332 S.W.3d 367 (Tex. 2011). “2004) (holding that University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, part of University of Texas System, of which University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at San Antonio is another part, TEX. EDUC.CODE § 65.02(a)(7), is a governmental unit under the Tort Claims…”
Univ. of Texas Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Loutzenhiser, 140 S.W.3d 351 (Tex. 2004).
Donna Pulkrabek v. Univ. of Texas Sw. Med. Ctr., No. 05-14-01341-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas May 25, 2016).
Univ. of Texas Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Charles Wayne Taylor, No. 05-17-01221-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas July 6, 2018).
Univ. of Texas Sw. Med. Ctr. v. Verba Klingsick, No. 05-15-00246-CV (Tex. App.—Dallas Apr. 30, 2015).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(8): 5 cases
Baldwin v. Univ. of Texas, 945 F. Supp. 1022 (S.D. Tex. 1996). “3 . The S-Form summary lists the number of surgical procedures performed by each resident during each year of their residency.”
City of Beaumont v. Bouillion, 873 S.W.2d 425 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 1993). “See Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 65.02(a)(8), 74.-001 (Vernon 1991).”
Bates v. Univ. of Texas Med. Branch, 425 F. Supp. 2d 826 (S.D. Tex. 2003).
Roger Eugene Gresham v. Univ. of Texas Med. Branch, No. 09-04-00155-CV (Tex. App.—Beaumont Feb. 3, 2005).
Bessman v. Powell, 991 F. Supp. 830 (S.D. Tex. 1998).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(a)(9): 3 cases
Mota v. Univ. of Texas Houston Health Sci. Ctr., 261 F.3d 512 (5th Cir. 2001). “See Tex. Educ.Code §§ 65.02(a)(9) (Vernon’s 2001).”
Alobaidi v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston, 243 S.W.3d 741 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2007). “See Tex Educ.Code Ann. § 65.02(a)(9) (Vernon 2002).”
Doe v. Univ. of Texas Health Sci. Ctr. at Houston, No. 4:21-cv-01574 (S.D. Tex. Aug. 27, 2025).
Tex. Educ. Code § 65.02(b): 2 cases
Shirley Lenoir v. U.T. Physicians, No. 01-14-00767-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] July 7, 2015).
Shirley Lenoir v. U.T. Physicians, No. 01-14-00767-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 5, 2015).
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