{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.9336","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.9336","heading":"ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL SIGNATURES.","body":"(a) An institution of higher education or university system, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, shall determine whether, and the extent to which, the institution or system will send and accept electronic or digital signatures to and from other persons and otherwise create, generate, communicate, store, process, use, and rely on electronic or digital signatures. The institution or system may adopt rules and procedures governing the use of electronic or digital signatures.\n(b) To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails over Chapter 322, Business \u0026 Commerce Code, and rules and guidelines adopted under that chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 2.03, eff. June 17, 2011.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.9336","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"f101260c1dbf229a17e0902b0e9b3b67c49b3a30f833d84c3317bdb726d6a196","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.9335","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.9337"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}