Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB42 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 42
2		-	(Sheffield)
	1	+	S.B. No. 42
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5		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	4		AN ACT
7	5		relating to the selection process for student members of the board
8	6		of regents of a state university or state university system.
9	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	8		SECTION 1. Section 51.355(c), Education Code, is amended to
11	9		read as follows:
12	10		(c) Except as provided by Subsection (f), not later than
13	11		November 1 of each year, the student government of each general
14	12		academic teaching institution and medical and dental unit in a
15	13		university system shall solicit applicants for appointment to the
16	14		next regular term of the position of student regent. Not later than
17	15		January 1, from among the applications received by the student
18	16		government, the student government shall select five applicants as
19	17		the student government's recommendations for the position of
20	18		student regent and send the applications of those applicants to the
21	19		chancellor of the university system. From among those applicants,
22	20		the chancellor shall select two or more applicants as the
23	21		university system's recommendations for the position of student
24	22		regent and shall send the applications of those applicants to the
25	23		governor not later than February 1. The governor may request to
26	24		review all applications for the position of student regent received
27	25		by the student governments and may request an applicant to submit
28	26		additional information to the governor. On June 1, or as soon
29	27		thereafter as practicable, the governor shall appoint one of the
30	28		applicants to serve as the student regent for the system for a
31	29		one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The governor is not
32	30		required to appoint an applicant recommended by the chancellor, but
33	31		may not appoint a student regent who did not submit an application
34	32		to the student government of a general academic teaching
35	33		institution or medical and dental unit in the system as described by
36	34		this subsection.
37	35		SECTION 2. Section 51.356(d), Education Code, is amended to
38	36		read as follows:
39	37		(d) Not later than November 1 of each year, the student
40	38		government of the general academic teaching institution shall
41	39		solicit applicants for appointment to the next regular term of the
42	40		position of student regent. Not later than January 1, from among
43	41		the applications received by the student government, the student
44	42		government shall select five applicants as the student government's
45	43		recommendations for the position of student regent and send the
46	44		applications of those applicants to the president of the
47	45		institution. From among those applicants, the president shall
48	46		select two or more applicants as the institution's recommendations
49	47		for the position of student regent and shall send the applications
50	48		of those applicants to the governor not later than February 1. The
51	49		governor may request to review all applications for the position of
52	50		student regent received by the student government and may request
53	51		an applicant to submit additional information to the governor. On
54	52		June 1, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the governor shall
55	53		appoint one of the applicants to serve as the student regent for the
56	54		institution for a one-year term expiring on the next May 31. The
57	55		governor is not required to appoint an applicant recommended by the
58	56		president, but may not appoint a student regent who did not submit
59	57		an application to the student government of the institution as
60	58		described by this subsection.
61	59		SECTION 3. Sections 51.355(c) and 51.356(d), Education
62	60		Code, as amended by this Act, are intended only to clarify existing
63	61		law with respect to the appointment of student members of the board
64	62		of regents of a state university or state university system.
65	63		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	64		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	65		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	66		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	67		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	68	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	69	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	70	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 42 passed the Senate on
	71	+	April 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	72	+	______________________________
	73	+	Secretary of the Senate
	74	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 42 passed the House on
	75	+	May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 16,
	76	+	one present not voting.
	77	+	______________________________
	78	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	79	+	Approved:
	80	+	______________________________
	81	+	Date
	82	+	______________________________
	83	+	Governor