By: Farias H.B. No. 993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of Texas A&M
University--San Antonio as a general academic teaching institution
and the issuance of bonds for that institution.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 87.841, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
Texas A&M University--San Antonio may not operate as a general
academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Texas A&M
University--Kingsville System Center--San Antonio has reached an
enrollment equivalent of[:
[(1)] 1,000 full-time students for one semester [if
the legislature authorizes revenue bonds to be issued to finance
educational and related facilities for the institution, and the
bonds are issued for that purpose; or
[(2) 2,500 full-time students for one semester if the
conditions specified by Subdivision (1) are not satisfied].
SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 55.1751, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), The Texas A&M
University System may not issue bonds under this section for
facilities at Texas A&M University--San Antonio until the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at
Texas A&M University--San Antonio 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 Texas A&M University--San
Antonio under this section expires on that date.]
SECTION 3. 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.