Opinion No.

Mr. John S. Cargile Chairman Board of Regents Texas State University System 505 Sam Houston Building Austin, Texas 78701

Re: Whether Southwest Texas State University may expend appropriated funds on behalf of real property donated in trust, and related questions

Dear Mr. Cargile:

You ask several questions concerning the Harold M. Freeman Educational Foundation which was created to make use of certain ranch property available to Southwest Texas State University by the medium of a testamentary trust. The property is not devised to the state or to the university or to a nonprofit corporation that…