81R1546 KJM-D
By: Morrison H.B. No. 1056
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the course levels offered by the University of
Houston-Victoria.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 111.96, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 111.96. ESTABLISHMENT: SCOPE. (a) The board of
regents shall maintain [establish] an [upper-level] educational
institution in the City of Victoria to be known as the University of
Houston-Victoria.
(b) The institution shall [be organized to] offer
undergraduate [only junior, senior,] and graduate level programs.
[(c) The institution may enroll a student who has
successfully completed at least 30 semester credit hours of course
work at a public or private institution of higher education and who
is concurrently enrolled in another public or private institution
of higher education.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a 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, 2009.