Sec. 2255.001.  RULES.  (a)  A state agency which is authorized by statute to accept money from a private donor or for which a private organization exists that is designed to further the purposes and duties of the agency shall adopt rules governing the relationship between:
(1)  the donor or organization;  and
(2)  the agency and its employees.
(b)  Rules adopted under this section shall govern all aspects of conduct of the agency and its employees in the relationship, including:
(1)  administration and investment of funds received by the organization for the benefit of the agency;
(2)  use of an employee or property of the agency by the donor or organization;
(3)  service by an officer or employee of the agency as an officer or director of the donor or organization;  and
(4)  monetary enrichment of an officer or employee of the agency by the donor or organization.
(c)  A rule adopted under this section may not conflict with or supersede a requirement of a statute regulating:
(1)  the conduct of an employee of a state agency;  or
(2)  the procedures of a state agency.
(d)  A newly created state agency shall adopt rules under this section as soon as possible after its creation.
(e)  In this section, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute of this state, including a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.