By: Hughes S.B. No. 1223     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to suits against The University of Texas at Tyler.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 76.04, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 76.04.  [SUITS;] VENUE[; CITATION].  [The board may sue   and be sued in the name of the institution.] Venue for a suit   against the university is in Smith or Travis County.  [The   institution may be impleaded by service of citation on its   president, and legislative consent to suits against the institution   is granted.]          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of   this Act.  A cause of action that accrues before the effective date   of this Act is governed by the law in effect at that time, and that   law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.