Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-848 Page: 2 of 6
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Hon. William L. Kerr, Page 2 (V-848)
"For the use of our Board in determin
ing the type of buildings to be permitted hunter
the Building Amendment, will you please ad-
vise:
"'May our Board of Regents expend
funds available under the Buiding Amend-
ment for:
"(1) The construction and initial equip-
mlat ef dining h'li., doermitories, gyM-
arsints nad other types af builirnga
trom which reve;u frim use may be
abtslS ia part
'(2) May such available funds be used
for the repair and modernization of L
bu das placed upon respective cam
pues, all to make them more usable
and moe atwactive. *
Seekon 17, Article VUI of the ConStiti n of Texis,
tM College Building Amenaement, provides in part as e flw*s:
S.o. there is hereby levied . . .a
at valerem tax on property of five cente- ( 5)
. . or the purpose of acquiring. constructing,
and~ initally equipping buildings or other i~p~H
aen improvements at the designated asti
tutions of higher learning; and the goring
board of each of -such institutions of higher
learning is fully aut erzed to pledge ll or
any part e said inds allettod t such instiotu
,lbs as hker~sba r pn$rAod, to secure bt s
$age eter permanent improvement *4 taid
By virtue of this Constitutional Amendment, the
governing board of each designated institution of higher learning,
including fte State Teachers Colleges is author4sed to pledge
the tax funds thereby to be provided and alltted tO secure ends
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: V-848, text, 1949; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth265667/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.