Operating Policy and Procedure
HSC OP: 76.32, Parking Regulations
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Health Sciences Center Operating Policy and Procedure (HSC OP) is to establish responsibility for the development of revisions, the approval process for such revisions to parking regulations, and distribution of the regulations following Board approval.
REVIEW: This HSC OP will be reviewed on June 1 every year (EY) by the Director of Student Business Services, with recommendations for revisions forwarded to the Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations (EVPFO).
POLICY/PROCEDURE:
1. Authority.
Section 51.202 of the Texas Education Code provides as follows:
"The governing board of each state institution of higher education, including public junior colleges, may promulgate rules and regulations for the safety and welfare of students, employees, and property, and other rules and regulations it may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter and the governance of the institution, providing for the operation and parking of vehicles on the grounds, streets, drives, alleys, and any other institutional property under its control, including but not limited to the following:
a. Limiting the rate of speed;
b. Assigning parking spaces and designating parking areas and their use and assessing a charge for parking;
c. Prohibiting parking as it deems necessary;
d. Removing vehicles parked in violation of institutional rules and regulations or law at the expense of the violator; and,
e. Instituting a system of registration for vehicle identification, including a reasonable charge.
The Chancellor of Texas Tech shall have the power, authority and responsibility to make any and all rules and regulations for the control and management of traffic of all kinds and types on and over the campuses of Texas Tech.
Every regulation, designation, delineation or determination, as the case may be, promulgated by the Chancellor of Texas Tech pursuant to this authority will be in writing, or by a map or plat, and filed with the Secretary of the Board of Regents. Such writing, map or plat shall constitute a public record and all persons shall be charged with notice of the contents of the same.
Any person failing or refusing to comply with the directions indicated on any sign, marker or other visible regulatory device, or with other regulatory action taken in accordance with the provisions of this policy shall be subject to any appropriate action in accordance with the applicable law of the State of Texas.
2. Procedures.
a. After consultation with the HSC Parking Services Committee, the Director of Student Business Services will develop and recommend the Parking Rules and Regulations for the upcoming fiscal year.
b. The Director of Student Business Services will submit the recommended Rules and Regulations for the next fiscal year to the EVPFO.
c. After approval by the EVPFO, the Parking Rules and Regulations will be submitted to the President for approval.
d. Following approval, the Parking Rules and Regulations will be updated and available for pre-registration, orientation, faculty and staff vehicle registration, etc., as scheduled from year to year.
e. The Director of Student Business Services will verify that the revised policy is distributed as an attachment to this HSC OP.
f. The rules and regulations for TTUHSC will be in accordance with those of TTU, with the exceptions of those areas which apply to TTUHSC only.