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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF TEXAS
JiM MArOX March 19, 1990
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Honorable Wilhelmina Delco Opinion No. JM-1146
Chairman
Higher Education Committee Re: Authority of a univer-
Texas House of Representatives sity to allocate space in a
P. O. Box 2910, Office 413-C campus building to be used
Austin, Texas 78769-2910 exclusively by a private
group of faculty members
(RQ-1845)
Dear Representative Delco:
You ask whether Texas A & M University may allocate
space in a campus building to be used exclusively for an
auxiliary enterprise of the university known as the Faculty
Club (hereinafter the club). The primary question is
whether such an arrangement is constitutional. This
question was previously asked of this office, but the
request was withdrawn prior to the issuance of an opinion.
Attorney General Opinion Request RQ-1407 (1988). Since that
original opinion request, the operation of the club has
changed considerably with the university assuming more
responsibility.
We have separately received a brief from the university
system explaining the operation of the club and its rela-
tionship with the university. The brief informs us that the
club is now being operated as an auxiliary enterprise of
Texas A & M University. The vice president for finance and
administration of Texas A & M University administers the
club, and university employees staff it. The brief further
states that a nonprofit corporation provides bar services to
the faculty club and uses the bar receipts to purchase bar
supplies and to reimburse the university for its administra-
tion of the faculty club. The vice president directs the
payment of expenses of the corporation.
The club serves its members and their guests as well as
visiting professors, former students, parents, friends and
others. However, visitors (who we understand to be non-
members) may not make reservations but are accommodated only
as space permits.p. 6051
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