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1	1	S.B. No. 629
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the operation of certain institutions of higher
6	6	education as general academic teaching institutions and to the
7	7	statutory limitation imposed on certain university systems to issue
8	8	revenue bonds to fund facilities at certain institutions of higher
9	9	education.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 87.841, Education Code,
12	12	is amended to read as follows:
13	13	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
14	14	Texas A&M University--San Antonio may not operate as a general
15	15	academic teaching institution until the Texas Higher Education
16	16	Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the Texas A&M
17	17	University--Kingsville System Center--San Antonio has reached an
18	18	enrollment equivalent of[:
19	19	[(1)] 1,000 full-time students for one semester [if
20	20	the legislature authorizes revenue bonds to be issued to finance
21	21	educational and related facilities for the institution, and the
22	22	bonds are issued for that purpose; or
23	23	[(2) 2,500 full-time students for one semester if the
24	24	conditions specified by Subdivision (1) are not satisfied].
25	25	SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 105.501, Education Code,
26	26	is amended to read as follows:
27	27	(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
28	28	the University of North Texas at Dallas may operate as a general
29	29	academic teaching institution with its own chief executive officer,
30	30	administration, and faculty only after the Texas Higher Education
31	31	Coordinating Board certifies that enrollment at the University of
32	32	North Texas System Center at Dallas has reached an enrollment
33	33	equivalent to 1,000 full-time students for one semester. Until
34	34	that enrollment level is reached, the board may operate a system
35	35	center of the University of North Texas in the city of Dallas.
36	36	[Prior to reaching 2,500 full-time equivalent students, the
37	37	University of North Texas at Dallas may not receive general revenue
38	38	in excess of the 2003 expended amount with the exception of funding
39	39	provided through the General Academic Instruction and Operations
40	40	Formula for semester credit hour increases and the Tuition Revenue
41	41	Bond debt service for bonds approved in the 78th Legislature. The
42	42	institution will not be eligible to receive the small school
43	43	supplement in the General Academic Instruction and Operations
44	44	Formula until it reaches 2,500 full-time equivalent student
45	45	enrollment.]
46	46	SECTION 3. The following statutes are repealed:
47	47	(1) Subsections (d) and (e), Section 55.1751,
48	48	Education Code; and
49	49	(2) Subsection (d), Section 55.1755, Education Code.
50	50	SECTION 4. This Act does not make an appropriation. This
51	51	Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the
52	52	implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations
53	53	act of the 81st Legislature.
54	54	SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
55	55	Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
56	56	all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39,
57	57	Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the
58	58	vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect
59	59	September 1, 2009, except as otherwise provided by this Act.
60	60	______________________________ ______________________________
61	61	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
62	62	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 629 passed the Senate on
63	63	April 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
64	64	______________________________
65	65	Secretary of the Senate
66	66	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 629 passed the House on
67	67	May 13, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, one
68	68	present not voting.
69	69	______________________________
70	70	Chief Clerk of the House
71	71	Approved:
72	72	______________________________
73	73	Date
74	74	______________________________
75	75	Governor