By: Bell, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 870
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
Education; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0,
1 present not voting; May 20, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 870 By: Seliger
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to
participate in the research development fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.003(1), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided by Subchapters C, D,
E, F, and G, "eligible institution" means the eligible agencies
and institutions of higher education listed in Article VII, Section
17(b), of the Constitution of Texas, and any institution or agency
of higher education that is later made eligible to participate in
the disbursement of funds pursuant to Article VII, Section 17(c),
of the Constitution of Texas.
SECTION 2. Section 62.092(2), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(2) "Eligible institution" means a general academic
teaching institution, as defined by Section 61.003, other than The
University of Texas at Austin or[,] Texas A&M University[, or
Prairie View A&M University].
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 62, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 62.0925 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.0925. ELIGIBILITY OF PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY.
Notwithstanding Section 62.092(2), Prairie View A&M University is
an eligible institution for purposes of eligibility for a
distribution from the research development fund under this
subchapter for a state fiscal year only if:
(1) the university is not an eligible institution for
that fiscal year for purposes of eligibility for an appropriation
or distribution from the Texas competitive knowledge fund
established under other law; and
(2) the legislature has specifically appropriated to
the university for that fiscal year its proportional share of the
research development fund in accordance with the methodology
prescribed by Section 62.095.
SECTION 4. 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, 2013.
* * * * *