(a) In the city of Beaumont, the board shall establish and maintain a lower-division institution of higher education as a separate degree-granting institution to be known as Lamar Institute of Technology.
(b) The primary purpose of the institute is to teach technical and vocational courses and related supporting courses. The board may confer degrees appropriate to the institute’s curriculum.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 287, Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2009.