Texas Education Code 51.213 – Abandoned Personal Property
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(a) The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations providing for the disposition of abandoned and unclaimed personal property coming into the possession of the campus security personnel where the personal property is not being held as evidence to be used in any pending criminal case.
(b) The authority granted to governing boards under Subsection (a) may also be exercised by governing boards of private institutions of higher education, including private junior colleges.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 51.213
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) In this section, “private institution of higher education” has the meaning assigned by § 61.003(15).