| 1 | 1 | | By: Hegar S.B. No. 1165 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Miller of Fort Bend) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of real property by the University of |
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| 8 | 8 | | Houston--Sugar Land. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the transfer of real |
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| 11 | 11 | | property, on which the University of Houston--Sugar Land is now |
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| 12 | 12 | | located, to the University of Houston System by the Texas |
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| 13 | 13 | | Department of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 1243 (H.B. 1961), |
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| 14 | 14 | | Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, was made in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | public interest and continues to serve all public purposes of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | state listed in Subsection (a), Section 1 of Chapter 1243. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. The legislature finds that: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) the public purpose requirements placed on the |
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| 19 | 19 | | property transferred pursuant to Chapter 1243 are served if the |
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| 20 | 20 | | property is used for higher education purposes that encompass more |
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| 21 | 21 | | than strictly academic pursuits; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the language in Chapter 1243 that required the |
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| 23 | 23 | | property to be used "only for higher education purposes" is |
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| 24 | 24 | | misleading to the extent that it may be construed to imply that the |
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| 25 | 25 | | property is reserved for strictly academic pursuits. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. To clarify the intent of the legislature and in |
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| 27 | 27 | | accordance with the findings made by this Act, the ownership and |
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| 28 | 28 | | transfer documents for the property shall be amended to state that |
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| 29 | 29 | | the University of Houston--Sugar Land shall use the property "for |
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| 30 | 30 | | higher education purposes" consistent with the purposes of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | university. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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