84R11941 JSL-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 2281
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a feasibility study and report by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board regarding the establishment of a law
school campus extension in 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 61.09052 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.09052. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPUS
EXTENSION OF LAW SCHOOL; EL PASO. (a) The board shall conduct a
study to examine the need for and feasibility of establishing in El
Paso a campus extension of an existing public law school of this
state. The study must include an analysis of potential locations
for establishment of the campus extension within that municipality
and must identify the public law school or schools that would be the
best suited to support a campus extension described by this
section.
(b) Not later than November 1, 2016, the board shall report
the results of the study required by Subsection (a) 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, 2017.
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, 2015.