VOLUME II

    INTRODUCTION

           Introduction
           References to North Texas State University
           References to Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
           References to Dean of Students

2. CONTROLLER

           2.0 Electronic Signatures/ Approvals
           2.0.1 FINANCIAL REPORTING
                    Financial Reporting.
                    Accounting Records
                    Interdepartmental Orders (IDOs) and Interdepartmental Transfers (IDTs)
                    Unclaimed Property

     2.1 CLAIMS ACCOUNTING

           2.1.1 Accounts Payable Functions
           2.1.2 General Payment Information
                    Audit of Claims
                    Documentation
                    Vendor Identification (Payee) Numbers
                    Forms
                    Sales Tax
                    Distribution of Disbursement
                    Merchandise Returns
                    Interest Law
                    "SPREADSHEET" Newsletter
                    Special Handling Request for Payments
                    Payment Terms
                    Billing Address
           2.1.3 Petty Cash, Demand Deposits, Working Funds
           2.1.4 Memberships
           2.1.5 Subscriptions
           2.1.6 Food Policy
           2.1.7 Prepayments
           2.1.8 Postage
           2.1.9 Internal Revenue Service Regulations - Payment on Purchase Orders (or check requests)
           2.1.10 Accountholder Responsibility
           2.1.10.1 Cash Handling Controls
           2.1.11 Registration Fees
           2.1.12 Accounting System Coding Procedures
           2.1.13 Gifts and Honorariums
           2.1.14 Interagency Payments
           2.1.15 Travel
                      Request for Approval to Travel
                      Travel Regulations
                      Request for Approval to Travel
                      Travel Voucher
                      Travel Reimbursements
                      Exceptions for Local Funds
                      Distribution of Meal Per Diem
                      Incidental Expenses
                      Reimbursable
                      Non-reimbursable
                      Team Travel
                      Prospective Employees
                      Travel Management Program - GSC
                      Travel Outside the Contin6ntal United States
                      American Express Corporate Card Program
                      General Information
           2.1.16 Invoice Processing
                      Invoices
                      Receiving Reports
                      Documentation
           2.1.17 Moving Policy
           2.1.18 Reimbursement to Employees (Non-Travel)
           2.1.19 Designated Headquarters

     2.2 BURSAR

           2.2.1 Sales and Receipt of Funds
           2.2.2 Veterans and Dependents Exemptions - (V.T.C.A. Section 54.203)
           2.2.3 Concurrent Enrollment - (V.T.C.A. Section 54.062)
           2.2.4 High School Honor Graduate (Valedictorian Scholarship)
           2.2.5 Children of Deceased and Missing Military Service Members- Exemption
           2.2.6 Good Neighbor Scholarship - Exemption
           2.2.7 Deaf or Blind Students - Exemption
           2.2.8 Children of Disabled State Employees - Exemption (V.T.C.A. Section 54.204)
           2.2.9 Children of Prisoners of War or Persons Missing in Action - (V.T.C.A. Section 54.209)
                 
           2.2.10 Graduate Final Hours  (V.T.C.A. Section 54.051e)
           2.2.11Competitive Academic Scholarships - Waivers Nonresident Tuition
           2.2.11.1 Competitive Scholarship Waiver for Nonresident or Citizen Form
           2.2.13 Fee Waivers - Off-Campus Classes
           2.2.14 Faculty/Staff/Retiree/Dependent Educational Scholarships
           2.2.15 Academic Common Market - (V.T.C.A. , Section 160.07)
           2.2.16 Out of State Tuition Waiver Faculty & Dependents - (V.T.C.A. Section 54.059)
           2.2.16.1 Out-of-State Tuition Waiver/Teaching Assistants, Research-(V.T.C.A.-Section 54.063)
           2.2.17 General Property Damage Deposits - (V.T.C.A. Section 54.052)
           2.2.18 Registration Payment Authorizations
           2.2.19 Seminars, Institutes, Faculty Assisted Registrations
           2.2.20 Tuition and Fee Billing
           2.2.21 Returned Checks
                      Definition
                      Notification Procedure
                      Administrative Reinstatement Procedure
                      Withdrawal Appeal Procedure
                      Returned Check Consequences
                      Texas "Bad Check" Laws
           2.2.22 Refunds
                      Departmental Refunds
                      Tuition and Fee Refunds
                      Long Session Withdrawal
                      Summer Withdrawal
                      Withdrawal - Title IV Financial Aid Fund Recipients
           2.2.23 Identification Cards
                      Students
                      Faculty/Staff
                      Special Identification Cards
           2.2.24 Waiver Refund Request
           2.2.26 Employee Indebtedness Owed to the University
           2.2.27 Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) - Tuition and Fee Exemptions
                      (V.T.C.A. 54.212)
           2.2.28 Stipends
           2.2.29 Emergency Student Loan Program
           2.2.30 Check Cashing
           2.2.31 Accepting Credit Cards

     2.3 BUDGETS

           2.3.1 Budget Adjustments
                    Guidelines for Adjustments to Your Budget
                    Restrictions
                    Salary Savings
           2.3.1A Account/Budget Authorization Form
           2.3.2 Fees Related to Instruction
                    Course Fee
                    Special Service Fees
                    Laboratory Fees
                    2.3.2.1 Request to Add/Change "Laboratory Fee" Form
                    2.3.2.2 Request to Add/Change "Special Service Fee" Form
                    2.3.2.3 Request to Add/Change "Course Fee" Form
           2.3.3 New Accounts
           2.3.3A Account/Budget Authorization Form

     2.4 PAYROLL

           2.4.1 Payroll
                    Payment of Salaries
                    Check Release
                    Electronic Funds Transfer
                    Check Loss
                    Advances
                    IRS Levy
                    Deductions
                    Overpayments
           2.4.2 Employee Forms-Employee Information Forms (W-4 Tax Card)
                    Employee Information Forms (W-4 Tax Card)
                    Position Authorizations
                    Position Authorization Forms HRM-6 and HRM-7
                    Position Authorization Form FIRM-8
                    Foreign National Employees - Additional Requirements
                    Foreign national Information (FM) Form
                    Tax Treaty exemptions
           2.4.3 Timesheets
                    Supplemental Hourly Timesheets
                    Stipends
                    8233 Treaty Exemption
           2.4.4 Payroll Deadlines
                    Supplemental Deadlines
                    Supplemental Payrolls

     2.5 GRANT ACCOUNTING

           2.5.1 Grant Accounting
                    Processing Proposals for External Grants and Contracts
                    Budgetary Considerations
                    Fringe Benefits
                    Supplies, Materials, Fellowships, Renovations., Consultants, etc.
                    Travel
                    Capital Equipment
                    Overhead or Indirect Cost
                    Matching Funds
           2.5.2 Administration/Management of Sponsored Programs            
           2.5.4 Acceptance and Establishment of Research Grant/Contract and Other Sponsored
                     Project Accounts
           2.5.5 Financial Reporting and Cash Management
           2.5.6 Interagency Contracts
                    Institutional Approvals
                    Administration/Management of interagency Contracts

3. COMPUTER CENTER

          3.1 Computing Center General Policies      
          3.5 Academic Computing Consulting Policy
          3.6 UNT Information Resources Security Policy      
          3.9 UNT Web Publishing Policy
          3.10 University of North Texas Computer Use Policy

     4.0 Purchasing-(Section 4.0)
           4.0.1 Organization
           4.0.2 Legal Authority
           4.0.3 General Purchasing Information
           4.0.4 Competitive Bidding
           4.0.5 Conflict of Interest
           4.0.6 Disputes or Protests
           4.0.7 Lease of Space
           4.0.8 Dollar Thresholds for Informal Bids Versus Amounts Requiring Formal Bids
           4.0.9 Proprietary or Sole Source Purchases
           4.0.10 Restocking Charges
           4.0.11 Consulting Contracts
           4.0.12 Professional Services Contracts
           4.0.13 Historically Underutilized Business (HUB)
           4.0.14 Account Holder Responsibility
           4.0.15 Advertisements, Classified
           4.0.16 Animals
           4.0.17 Blanket Orders
           4.0.18 Hazardous Materials
           4.0.19 Trade-In of Existing Equipment
           4.0.20 Special Handle Purchase Orders
           4.0.21 Other Related Topics
           4.0.22 Use of Private Consultant Services
           4.0.23 Contracted Workforce - Temporary
           4.0.24 Contracted Workforce for Contracts of $10,000 or More

     4.1 Central Receiving
           4.1.1 Organization
           4.1.2 Receipt and Inspection of Goods by Central Receiving
           4.1.3 Delivery to Departments by Central Receiving
           4.1.4 use of Central Receiving Dock
           4.1.5 Goods Delivered Via Work Orders
           4.1.6 Prescheduled Contract Deliveries
           4.1.7 Ordering Departments Receivers
           4.1.8 Freight Collect Shipments
           4.1.9 Damaged Goods

     4.2 Office Supply Center
           4.2.1 Organization
                    Interdepartmental Order (IDO)
                    Special Orders

     4.3 Property and Inventory Control
           4.3.0 Organization
           4.3.1 Definitions
                    Personal Property
                    Capitalized Assets
                    Controlled Assets
                    Expensed Assets
                    Equipment Held In Trust
           4.3.2 Responsibility
           4.3.3 Tagging of Personal Property
           4.3.4 Annual Physical Inventory
           4.3.5 Adjustments to the Property Inventory
           4.3.6 Gifts-In Kind (Donations)
           4.3.7 Manufactured
           4.3.8 Discover and ADD (Found or Acquired Via Undetermined Sources)
           4.3.9 Transfer or Property
           4.3.10 Disposal of Surplus and Salvage Property
                      Property Transfer
                      Retire to Surplus
                      Retire to Salvage
                      Sale of Surplus/Salvage
                      Disposition of Sale Revenue
                      Disposition of Data Processing Storage Devices
                      Disposal of Abandoned Personal Property
                      Other Disposal Methods
                      Deletions
                      Missing Property
                      Stolen Property
                      Trade-In Property
           4.3.11 Property Liaisons
           4.3.12 Federal Surplus Property Program Acquisition
           4.3.13 Merchandise for Resale Inventory

5. WEB/ INTERNET POLICIES

5.1 University of North Texas Web Accessibility Policy

6. BUSINESS SERVICES

     6.1 UNIVERSITY MAIL SERVICE
           6.1.1 Services Provided
           6.1.2 Mailing Procedures
           6.1.3 Optional Services
           6.1.4 Domestic Mail
           6.1.5 International Mail
           6.1.6 Campus Standard Mailing Service
           6.1.7 Distribution of Improperly Addressed USPS Mail
     6.2 PRINTING SERVICES AND COPY CENTERS
     6.3 FACILITIES USE COORDINATION
     6.3.1 Coliseum
     6.6 UNIVERSITY DINING SERVICES
     6.7 UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
     6.8.1 UNIVERSITY UNION
           6.8.1.1 General Information            
           6.8.1.2 Americans With Disabilities Act
           6.8.1.3 Smoking Policy
           6.8.1.4 Syndicate            
           6.8.1.5 Union Gallery
           6.8.1.6 Information Ticket Center Sales
           6.8.1.7 Bulletin Boards
           6.8.1.8 Banner Policies
           6.8.1.9 Catering
           6.8.1.10 Reservations and Reservable Spaces
           6.8.1.11 Information/Vendor Tables

           6.8.1.12 One O'clock Lounge & Courtyard, Piano
           6.8.1.13 Student Organization and Departmental Meetings
           6.8.1.14 Alcohol
           6.8.1.15 Lyceum
           6.8.1.16 UNT Student Dances
           6.8.1.17 Decorations
           6.8.1.18 Loading and Unloading Equipment
           6.8.1.19 Appeals Process

     6.9 UNIVERSITY PROGRAM COUNCIL CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

7. ADVANCEMENT, ATHLETICS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS

          7.1 UNT Institutional Brand Identity Policy
          7.2 Gifts--Voluntary Support--to the University of North Texas
          7.3 Gifts To/For Endowments
          7.4 Endowment for Academic Position
          7.5 Private Support Organizations
          7.6 Endowment Funds


8. PHYSICAL PLANT, FACILITIES

          8.1 Access Control
          8.1.1 Procedure for Access Control
          8.1.2 Access Control-Electronic Devices
          8.2 Energy Policy
          8.3 Signs, Posters, and Advertisements
          8.4 Construction Projects
          8.4.1 University of North Texas Takings Impact Assessment Policy
          8.5 Use of University Phones, Phone Lines, Fax Machines, and Computers for E-Mail
           for Reasons Other Than Official University Business

9. POLICE, TRAFFIC, SAFETY

          9.1 University Police Enforcement
          9.2 Protection of Buildings and Grounds
          9.3 General University Operations During Absence of the President
          9.4 University Police Responsibility
          9.5 Vehicle Operation
          9.6 University Risk Management Environmental Services Policy
          9.7 Policy for Prohibition of Sexual Assault
          9.8 Policy on Smoking, Food and Beverages on Campus and in Leased Facilities
          9.9 Building Code
          9.10 Disposal of Abandoned Property
          9.11 Risk Management
          9.12 Fraud Policy
          9.13 UNT Biosafety Policy

10. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE

          10.1 Process for Approving Policies and Procedures
          10.2 Closing of Denton and/or Dallas Campuses Due to Extreme Weather Conditions
          10.3 Physical Facilities - Campus Master Plan
          10.3.1 Real Property Acquisition
          10.3.2 Real Property Acquisition--Eminent Domain
          10.4 Contracts and Agreements
          10.6 Requests for Information Made Under the Texas Public Information Act Effective
             September 1, 1997
          10.7 Protected Health Information Privacy
          10.7A Medical Services Transactions and Coding
          10.8 Insurance
          10.9 2003-2004 Organization Chart Section A
          10.9 2003-2004 Organization Chart Section B
          10.9 2005-2006 Organization Chart
          10.9.1 2002 - 2003 Organized Research and Service Units, UNT
          10.10 University Records Retention Schedule
          10.10.1 State of Texas Records Retention Schedule
          10.12 Duties and Responsibilities of Executive Officers and Staff Reporting
                to the President
          10.12.1 Responsibilities of  the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
          10.12.2 Duties and Responsibilities of The Senior Vice President for Administration
          10.12.3 Duties and Responsibilities of Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs            
          10.12.5 Duties and Responsibilities of Vice President for Development
          10.12.6 Duties and Responsibilities of Vice President for Student Development            
          10.12.8 Duties and Responsibilities of the Faculty Executive Assistant to the President
          10.12.9 Duties and Responsibilities of the Associate Vice President for Planning
          10.12.10 Duties and Responsibilities of the Vice President for University Relations
          10.12.11 Duties and Responsibilities of the Associate Vice President, Office of Equity and Diversity
          10.12.13 Duties and Responsibilities of the Director of Athletics          
          10.12.15 Duties and Responsibilities of the Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer  
          10.12.16 Duties and Responsibilities of the President, University of North Texas
          10.13 Solicitation Policy
          10.14 UNT Policy on the Use of Alcoholic Beverages
          10.15 University Policy Statement on Diversity
        
 10.16 Space Assignment and Management Policy



11. BOARD OF REGENTS

          11.5 Investment Policy      

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