Sec. 85.24. UTILITIES. (a) The board from time to time may improve and equip existing central power plants and may construct, acquire, improve, and equip steam plants and additions to them, and the board may acquire land for these purposes for the institutions under its control, when the total cost, type of construction, capacity, and plans and specifications have been approved by the board. As used in this subsection, "steam plants" does not include electrical generating facilities, but "central power plants" does include electrical generating facilities.

(b) The board from time to time may construct, extend, and improve the water systems, sewer systems, or both, for any or all institutions under its control, when the total cost, type of construction, capacity, and plans and specifications have been approved by the board.

(c) The board may furnish water, sewer, steam, power, electricity, or any or all of those services from the power and steam plant or plants and other facilities located at each institution to any or all dormitories, kitchens and dining halls, hospitals, student activity buildings, gymnasiums, athletic buildings and stadiums, the dormitory for help, laundry, and other buildings or facilities that may have been or may be constructed at each institution, and may determine the amount to be charged as a part of the maintenance and operation expense of those buildings or facilities for the service or services. The board may allocate the cost of furnishing the services to revenue-producing buildings and facilities and to other buildings and facilities at the institutions. The board may pledge the net revenues from the amounts thus received for the services to pay the principal of and interest on, and to create and maintain the reserve for, the negotiable revenue bonds issued for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, improving, extending, or equipping the power and steam plants, or additions thereto, or other facilities, and may secure the bonds additionally by pledging rentals, rates, charges, and fees for the use or availability of all or any property, buildings, structures, activities, operations, or facilities, of any nature, which may be fixed and collected from all or any designated part of the students enrolled in the institution or institutions or from others in the amounts and in the manner determined and provided by the board in the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3193, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.