81R28920 KJM-D
By: Chavez H.B. No. 4528
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4528:
By: Berman C.S.H.B. No. 4528
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board regarding the establishment of a
school of law in the Texas-Mexico border region.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0665 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0665. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF LAW SCHOOL;
TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER REGION. (a) The board shall conduct a study to
examine the need for and feasibility of establishing a public law
school in the Texas-Mexico border region. The study must include an
analysis of potential locations for establishment of the law school
within that region.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2010, the board shall report
the results of the study required by Subsection (a) to the governor,
lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and
presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with
primary jurisdiction over higher education.
(c) This section expires January 31, 2011.
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.