81R7155 KSD-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1774
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enrollment required for the University of North
Texas System to issue revenue bonds to fund facilities at the
University of North Texas Dallas Campus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.1755(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the University of North
Texas System may not issue bonds under this section for facilities
at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
the University of North Texas Dallas Campus has reached an
enrollment equivalent of 1,000 [1,500] full-time students for one
semester. If that enrollment is not reached by January 1, 2010, the
system's authority to issue bonds for the University of North Texas
Dallas Campus under this section expires on that date.
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.