{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.152","heading":"PURPOSE.","body":"The purpose of this subchapter is to promote the educational programs of state-supported institutions of higher education in Texas by authorizing the establishment and operation of a cooperative system for communication and information retrieval and transfer between the institutions and between the institutions and private educational institutions, industry, and the public. The system, employing two-way, closed-circuit television and other electronic communication facilities, is to provide a means of effecting the interchange of ideas, talents, faculties, libraries, and data processing equipment and a means of carrying out an approved program of instructional television.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER D. INFORMATION NETWORK ASSOCIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"3b17e3993a5f6d233d25820bdeddb2ec83c870953f0aa137056c8fc769ac9a7f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.1521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}