Texas Education Code

§ 51B.051 — GIFT FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY

ED § 51B.051Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 51B. HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PROTECTION · Art. B. REQUIREMENTS FOR GIFTS FROM AND CONTRACTS WITH FOREIGN ADVERSARIES AND CERTAIN COMPANIES

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (c), an institution of higher education or employee of an institution of higher education may not accept a gift the institution or employee knows is directly or indirectly offered from a foreign source of a foreign adversary unless the gift is of de minimis value, as determined by coordinating board rule in consultation with the council.

(b)An institution of higher education shall:

(1)include the prohibition described by Subsection (a) in the institution's ethics policy; and

(2)create a mechanism by which an employee of the institution may report being offered from a foreign source of a foreign adversary a gift prohibited by Subsection (a).

(c)An institution of higher education may accept a gift of more than de minimis value from a citizen of a foreign adversary only if:

(1)the citizen is an individual;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 127), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.