85R3742 KEL-D
By: Springer H.B. No. 1121
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to instruction in accessible design in the curriculum for
an architecture degree program offered by a public institution of
higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9721 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9721. ARCHITECTURE DEGREE PROGRAM INSTRUCTION IN
ACCESSIBLE DESIGN. (a) In this section, "institution of higher
education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) The governing board of each institution of higher
education that offers an undergraduate or graduate degree program
in architecture shall include in the required curriculum for that
degree program instruction regarding the requirements of the 2010
Americans with Disabilities Act Standards for Accessible Design or
any successor standards that address accessible design of buildings
or other facilities and are promulgated under the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an undergraduate or graduate degree program in architecture
offered by a public institution of higher education during an
academic period that begins on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.