| 1 | 1 | | 81R4507 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Christian, Gallego, Deshotel, Kolkhorst, H.B. No. 425 |
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| 3 | 3 | | McReynolds, et al. |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | public institutions of higher education that are named after state |
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| 10 | 10 | | historical figures. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 51.9051 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 51.9051. PRESERVING INSTITUTION NAME BASED ON STATE |
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| 15 | 15 | | HISTORICAL FIGURE. (a) In this section, "general academic |
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| 16 | 16 | | teaching institution," "governing board," and "public state |
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| 17 | 17 | | college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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| 19 | 19 | | maintain a registry that includes each general academic teaching |
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| 20 | 20 | | institution, other than a public state college, that is named after |
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| 21 | 21 | | an established historical figure of this state, as determined by |
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| 22 | 22 | | the coordinating board in consultation with the Texas Historical |
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| 23 | 23 | | Commission. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The governing board of an institution included on the |
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| 25 | 25 | | registry may not change the name of the institution in a manner that |
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| 26 | 26 | | removes the name of the established historical figure from the name |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the institution. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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