81R1265 KEL-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 2409
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the higher education fund and the allocation and
distribution of certain constitutional revenues to The University
of Texas at Brownsville.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.021(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) In each state fiscal year beginning with the state
fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, an eligible institution is
entitled to receive an amount allocated in accordance with this
section from funds appropriated for that year by Section 17(a),
Article VII, Texas Constitution. The comptroller shall distribute
funds allocated under this subsection only on presentation of a
claim and issuance of a warrant in accordance with Section 403.071,
Government Code. The comptroller may not issue a warrant from any
funds allocated under this subsection before the delivery of goods
or services described in Section 17, Article VII, Texas
Constitution, except for the payment of principal or interest on
bonds or notes or for a payment for a book or other published
library material as authorized by Section 2155.386, Government
Code. The allocation of funds under this subsection is made in
accordance with an equitable formula consisting of the following
elements: space deficit, facilities condition, institutional
complexity, and a separate allocation for the Texas State Technical
College System. The annual amounts allocated by the formula are as
follows:
(1) $3,434,348 to Midwestern State University;
(2) $26,137,233 to the University of North Texas;
(3) $8,139,391 to the University of North Texas Health
Science Center at Fort Worth;
(4) $12,882,348 to The University of Texas--Pan
American;
(5) [$4,186,790 to The University of Texas at
Brownsville;
[(6)] $7,025,771 to Stephen F. Austin State
University;
(6) [(7)] to the following component institutions of
the Texas State University System:
(A) $11,210,508 to Lamar University;
(B) $1,115,048 to Lamar State College--Orange;
(C) $1,190,119 to Lamar State College--Port
Arthur;
(D) $9,916,306 to Sam Houston State University;
(E) $19,799,276 to Texas State University--San
Marcos;
(F) $2,043,772 to Sul Ross State University; and
(G) $379,831 to Sul Ross State University-Rio
Grande College;
(7) [(8)] $11,156,463 to Texas Southern University;
(8) [(9)] to the following component institutions of
the Texas Tech University System:
(A) $26,829,477 to Texas Tech University;
(B) $17,849,441 to Texas Tech University Health
Sciences Center; and
(C) $3,585,802 to Angelo State University;
(9) [(10)] $8,424,209 to Texas Woman's University;
(10) [(11)] to the following component institutions
of the University of Houston System:
(A) $35,276,140 to the University of Houston;
(B) $2,282,883 to the University of
Houston--Victoria;
(C) $6,001,337 to the University of
Houston--Clear Lake; and
(D) $9,628,151 to the University of
Houston--Downtown;
(11) [(12)] to the following component institutions
of The Texas A&M University System:
(A) $8,278,993 to Texas A&M University--Corpus
Christi;
(B) $3,130,211 to Texas A&M International
University;
(C) $5,052,232 to Texas A&M
University--Kingsville;
(D) $4,776,890 to West Texas A&M University;
(E) $5,345,678 to Texas A&M
University--Commerce; and
(F) $1,646,352 to Texas A&M
University--Texarkana; and
(12) [(13)] $5,775,000 to the Texas State Technical
College System Administration and the following component
campuses, but not its extension centers or programs:
(A) Texas State Technical College-Harlingen;
(B) Texas State Technical College--Marshall;
(C) Texas State Technical College--West Texas;
and
(D) Texas State Technical College--Waco.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2010, but only
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 81st Legislature,
Regular Session, 2009, entitling The University of Texas at
Brownsville to participate in the income and other benefits of the
permanent university fund, takes effect. If that amendment is not
approved by the voters, this Act has no effect.