By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1020
(Marquez)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a feasibility study regarding the establishment of a
dental school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
at El Paso.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0666 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0666. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF DENTAL
SCHOOL; EL PASO. (a) The board shall conduct a study to examine
the need for and feasibility of establishing a dental school in El
Paso as a component of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center. The board shall consult with the board of regents of the
Texas Tech University System in conducting the study.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2012, the board shall report
the results of the study required by this section 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, 2013.
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, 2011.