By: West S.B. No. 1662
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
April 7, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; April 7, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of costs associated with certain
educational programs of Prairie View A&M University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 660.004, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Funds appropriated for Prairie View A&M University may
be used to pay for costs associated with the university's Academy
for Collegiate Excellence and Student Success program and Research
Apprentice Program and the Prairie View A&M Undergraduate Medical
Academy, including participant and employee travel expenses and
related expenses.
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.
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