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The Attorney General of Texas
November 14, 1980MARK WHITE
Attorney General
Supreme Court Building
P.O. Box 12548
Austin, TX. 78711
512/475-2501
701 Commerce, Suite 200
Dallas, TX, 75202
214/742-8944
4824 Alberta Ave., Suite 160
El Paso, TX 79905
915/533-3484
1220 Dallas Ave., Suite 202
Houston, TX. 77002
713/6500666
806 Broadway. Suite 312
Lubbock, TX. 79401
806/747-5238
4309 N. Tenth, Suite B
McAllen, TX. 78501
512/682-4547
200 Main Plaza, Suite 400
San Antonio. TX. 78205
512/225-4191
An Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action EmployerHonorable Wilhelmina Delco
State Representative
House of Representatives
P. O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78769Opinion No. MW-273
Re: Whether schools listed in
article VII, section 17 of the Texas
Constitution are prohibited from
receiving appropriations from
general revenues for constructionDear Ms. Delco:
You ask whether the seventeen schools listed in article VII, section 17
of the Texas Constitution are prohibited from receiving appropriations from
general revenues for the purposes set out in that constitutional provision.
This question arises because the legislature reduced to .0001% the
assessment ratio for the ad valorem tax levied by article VII, section 17 of
the constitution. Prop. Tax Code 526.03. This ratio will generate less than
$200 per year for the fund supporting seventeen eligible universities. See
Attorney General Opinion MW-147 (1980). You do not inquire about and we
do not address the constitutionality of the state assessment ratio.
The tax levied by article VII, section 17 provides funds for acquiring,
constructing and initially equipping buildings or other permanent improve-
ments at the following institutions of higher education:
Arlington State College at Arlington
Texas Technological College at Lubbock
North Texas State University at Denton
Lamar State College of Technology at Beaumont
Texas College of Arts and Industries at Kingsville
Texas Woman's University at Denton
Texas Southern University at Houston
Midwestern University at Wichita Falls
University of Houston at Houston
Pan American College at Edinburg
East Texas State College at Commerce
Sam Houston State Teachers College at Huntsville
Southwest Texas State College at San Maroos
West Texas State University at Canyon
Stephen F. Austin State College at Nacogdoches
Sul Ross State College at Alpine
Angelo State College at San Angelop. 869
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Texas. Attorney-General's Office. Texas Attorney General Opinion: MW-273, text, November 14, 1980; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth272118/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.