Section 51.9336 - Electronic and Digital Signatures(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.(b) To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails over Chapter 322, Business & Commerce Code, and rules and guidelines adopted under that chapter.Tex. Educ. Code § 51.9336
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049, Sec. 2.03, eff. 6/17/2011.